Framing Examples

Find a few (3-4) examples of frames from groups that you feel do a particularly good job of framing, at least related to how they speak to you.  Discuss why they work.

Pro Choice-
I think the Pro Choice movement does an excellent job of reframing the abortion debate. It is controversial to say something like "I think women should be able to kill their babies before they are born," but the reframing of "Pro Choice" and a decision for women to make about their bodies is something that really speaks to me as a female-bodied person aware of the context of silencing women in our culture.

Animal Rights-
I think the Animal Rights campaigns are effective in the way they frame their arguments, because, although some might scoff at the thought of putting themselves in the position of an animal, it is something that really speaks to me as an animal-lover and concerned citizen.

Efforts to End Violence Against Women-
Like the other two examples I have offered, this one can cover many different groups, but I am thinking about specifically a few campaigns. There is the White Ribbon Campaign (I may or may not be thinking of the one in Canada) that supposedly manipulates (and upholds) the idea of masculinity to "protect women" from violence (and other men). I think that although this reframing makes me very angry- because it reinforces patriarchal discourse, dangerous hegemonic masculinities, and women's position of lesser and property- it would reach some people (who might participate in violence against women) in a way that I could probably not appeal to them.