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boycotting Mother's Day
ok, as if i need to give you guys any more of a reason to think i'm a nonconformist, i just thought this was interesting...
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| After the death of her mother, daughter Anna Jarvis was determined to found a memorial day for women. She celebrated her first Mother�s Day on May 10, 1908 , at the Methodist church where her mother had taught Sunday school. West Virginia Governor William E. Glasscock issued the first state-recognized Mother�s Day proclamation on April 26, 1910 . Two years later, Anna was recognized as the founder of Mother�s Day by the General Methodist Conference. President Woodrow Wilson declared an official national Mother�s Day in 1914, approving the Congressional resolution to celebrate the day every year on the second Sunday in May. By the 1920s, Jarvis had become soured on the commercialization of the holiday. She incorporated herself as the Mother�s Day International Association, claimed copyright on the second Sunday of May, and was once arrested for disturbing the peace. She and her sister Ellsinore spent their family inheritance campaigning against the holiday. Both died in poverty. Jarvis, says her New York Times obituary, became embittered because too many people sent their mothers a printed greeting card. She considered it "a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write." |
Meh - any of these holidays are what you make of them.
If you buy into the commercial aspect of any of them, it's your own fault.
On the other hand, if you take it as an opportunity to make sure your mom knows you genuinely care for her, whether it be by phone call, letter, whatever - I think it's great.
As long as you don't think "Mothers Day" really means "buy something cheap as a bullshit gesture that you love your mommy day," I think it's all good 
so instead of sending my mom a card and some flowers i'll send her this memo.
that's basically the Festivus equivalent for Mother's day.
W/e, I still buy my mom crap.
I mean I don't need to, I pretty much tell her and show her everyday that I lovevher.
It'll take longer to get people to STOP buying into it than getting them to know the tru importance fo Monther's day.
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| Originally posted by StanVoid that's basically the Festivus equivalent for Mother's day. |
Re: boycotting Mother's Day
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| Originally posted by l�cid ok, as if i need to give you guys any more of a reason to think i'm a nonconformist, i just thought this was interesting... |
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| Governor William E. Glasscock |
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| Originally posted by Project-K Sounds like a cheesy gay james bond villain name |
we celebrate it on 26 of may, should I boycott it ?
she's in hell right next to Brutus
poor people are poor because of poor decisions.
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| Originally posted by RJT On the other hand, if you take it as an opportunity to make sure your mom knows you genuinely care for her, whether it be by phone call, letter, whatever - I think it's great. |
im going out to dinner with her and getting her an awesome gift and its going to be the whole family.
Dont you people understand?!??! moms like to have their families surrounding them and having fun!
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| Originally posted by Orbax im going out to dinner with her and getting her an awesome gift and its going to be the whole family. Dont you people understand?!??! moms like to have their families surrounding them and having fun! |
i hate my cvnt egg donor. so i dont participate in this "holiday"
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| Originally posted by Orbax im going out to dinner with her and getting her an awesome gift and its going to be the whole family. Dont you people understand?!??! moms like to have their families surrounding them and having fun! |
Just like Valentimes day, you don't need one day to show someone you love them. Everyday is Mother's day..
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| Originally posted by Frenchie Just like Valentimes day, you don't need one day to show someone you love them. Everyday is Mother's day.. |
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| Originally posted by gehzumteufel i hate my cvnt egg donor. so i dont participate in this "holiday" |
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| Originally posted by squirrelly wow. pretty f*&$ing harsh. I love my mom. She's my best friend and my mom all at once. I send her flowers even when it's not mothers day, just to make her day. Randomly come by her work with a surprise dinner just to say "hey, thanks for raising me and spending all your hard earned cash on your children". Even if it's "commercialized", I don't give a crap. It's another day to make my mom feel great and another way to show how much I appreciate her. She deserves it. And non-conforming is conforming anyway now a days. |
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| Originally posted by Orbax poor people are poor because of poor decisions. |
I am so tired of "Get your mother the perfect gift for Mother's Day, with a ___insert_product_here___ from __insert_corporation_here___!"
Mothers Day is supposed to be about ending war, and not letting mother's continue to lose their sons to the will of generals.
As opposed to how great it is to buy into the commercialism of everything else?
It seems to me that it would be better to stop trying to express one's feelings in the form of "conveniently marketed" goods and services altogether, rather than concerning oneself with one, specific example.
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