It all started with a chair...

We met. We resisted!

Here’s Sara at our station at Froggy’s bar! Peace and safe sex rule!

Part II of our social change project not just asks us to investigate artwork, but also to resist. Although spreading the movement to end the stigma of STI’s through this blog is one way to resist, we decided we wanted to do something much more material.  Holly knew someone at her local health department who was kind enough to give us a ton of condoms, pamphlets, and little information cards for your purse/wallet about STI’s and relationships.  So both of us decided to take these wonderful, free resources to the people. Additionally, Holly bought some kick-ass pencils that say KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! That’s right, we showed up at bars and parties armed with lots of freebies that educate/protect against STI’s!

This past weekend, we met up in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the weekend.  This seemed to be a great central meeting place for us since we both are WKU online students, know tons of great people and places to go there, and well, we just like it there! Pictures and reactions after the cut.

Check out these happy campers with the FREE CONDOMS that we gave them!

The materials we handed out. Please disregard the pack of USA Gold Menthols over there in the corner-neither of us smoke cigarettes, but hey, we were out at bars, so they were in the atmosphere. And obviously on the table when Holly took the picture!

Get the facts about STI’s! Learn how to use a condom! It’s all FREE!

Believe it or not, the reactions to our freebies were varied. Personally, both of us would LOVE to take any cool freebies, especially ones we can use, like condoms! However, many people were really reluctant to take our freebies. Some people told us they didn’t need them because they had their own(what? like they’re reusable or something? I don’t get it), some people hated on our Lifestyles condoms(what?!), some people completely snubbed us, some people acted like we were crazy. But the people who did take condoms were really glad to get such a valuable resource for free, that’s for sure. Some folks too ‘em by the handful. Kudos to them!!!