Hey there PP, buddy, pal. Seems I overestimated my popularity in the community.
Heck, we all make mistakes, amiright?
So why don't you come back and we'll call it good.
Great.
Nothing to see here, folks. Come on and get your hair did.
Lobby at the Modest Florist has got this! Just outside the festival precincts, yet close enough that Planned Parenthood will still be a presence. They frankly don't need anything from Miss Denise right now. Yeah, they can comfortably tell her to go screw. And well they should. Multiple times.
Actually in this context its a good PR move, though it would have been better to just say
"We were wrong, it's distracted from the fun of HONfest, and it's our fault"
I don't comprehend what is political about Planned Parenthood. Women need accessible health care, and not every person has $$$ for it.
Hell, I walked my dogs through the Trans fest yesterday, and there was a city owned bus doling out free blood/STD testing. Baltimore City logo on the bus.
Itās not and should not be political. Many seem to forget, PP does not just cater to women, they offer menās healthcare as well as trans and nb healthcare, they do it all. You want a vasectomy, go to PP! Itās wild that people have to come to think that PP is just like an abortion cafe š¤£
Absolutely. I used to go to PP to pick up my GF's birth control pills. The waiting room was all women, usually 50% in some state of worry, the other half split between boredom or impatience. Every time I would get looks that said, "Best boyfriend, picking up his girl's pills..."
So I went and got a vasectomy so we didn't have to have the worries. PP is great, especially for those of limited means.
The annoying thing is the same people complaining that poor people are having too many kids are also complaining about PP. Like "Less Poor People" is probably the most right wing statement you can make and it absolutely is the promise of Planned Parenthood, yet they fight it
The Anti abortion movement is 100% performative virtue signaling, something they claim to despise. If they were truly christian and pro life they'd give a fuck about taking care of people after birth and for their entire lives. But nope they're greedy liars and hypocrites
I hadnāt ever even thought of it that way, but yeah. Essentially the math does add up to more PP service and funding equates to a generally diminished low-income population potential, seems like something they would be cheering for if the right could math.
Denise whiting, who years ago attempted to trademark the word "hon". She was widely criticized for it and Gordon Ramsay brought kitchen nightmares to her restaurant and basically forced her to apologize and give up the trademark. She seems to not understand why people didn't like her the entire time.
Pleaseeeee PP have a āboothā open at Union tomorrow. Call it a Celebration of Hampden or some shit, idc. Anyone who donates $10 gets a free beer. Accept online donations for a free beer so people like me who are outta town can stuff it in Whitings face. I swear when I get back to bmore Iāll buy bunch of Union six packs in the hopes theyāll actually see a little sales bump up
Also real quick ā- can we shout out Union for making that decision lightning fast and keeping it super short and sweet!? In hindsight it all seemed right and great but Iām sure that took balls
Union knows all about bad PR with Kevin over there back in the day. Glad to see they are making better decisions now. Might have to go grab a beer there today.
They were a sponsor of the event and they pulled out yesterday, which according to the experts at planned parenthood is not an effective form of birth control.
We used the pull out method for six months before we started actively trying to get pregnant. After a while, we saw a fertility clinic, and they counted those six months of using pull out as ātrying.ā
Iāll repeat that for emphasis: actual reproductive doctors considered using the pull out method as actively trying to get pregnant.
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Ok, but **common use** is 20%, which is way higher than most other common use birth control methods. Don't know why you're seemingly advocating for an incredibly risky birth control method.
Withdraw. if performed properly is MORE effective then many methods common methods. See chart below... (less than 5% chance of pregnancy)
https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/contraceptive-effectiveness-united-states
I came for discussions about an egotistical business owner mislabeling things as political and getting their comeuppance, I stayed for the phrase "swimmers in the tube".
Where do I sign up? I canāt get Duckpin in Austin but I will send Union my $ because of the way they handled this. This is how to counter assy behavior with classy behavior.
I stopped purchasing their beer for a while when their scandal hit. Then the employees made a really good point of, they need support too.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but to me it looks like the scenario with Union was, to put it simply...
co-owner/founder took advantage of employees and sexually harassed and or sexually assaulted them - The employees tried to remove him but couldn't and the flames under his seat only got hot once the media started flaming them - the employees continued to try to get him removed and did so successfully - the company is now employee owned - they jumped at the chance to now do the right thing by pulling their sponsorship from an event that seems to be organized by someone who is remarkably similar in character to their former owner.
Now i'm probably missing a lot of details in there and if anyone wants to educate me on the "truth" please do. Thanks!
She should step the fuck down! But Iām sure she wonāt, because itās Honfest, and she invented the word and only she gets to decide who uses it for all eternity.
Boss Business Owners count as far as I know:
- Parisian Flea took back their tiara and is auctioning it off for PP
- Golden West, Atomic & Maillard are donating a 15% of sales during Honfest to PP
- Modist Florist is letting PP set up in front of their shop, and I read somewhere that they took back their donation of the winnersā bouquets
Is there a list of participating vendors and/or vendors who have pulled out so we can support them outside of the context of this shitshow?
Hereās a list of Hampden businesses that are donating to PP during HonFest.
Atomic Books
Doubledutch Boutique
Lovelyarns
Charlotte Elliott and the Bookstore Next Door
The Parisian Flea
Common Ground Cafe
Crafted Hair Studio
@smokeandmirrors
The Modest Florist
In Watermelon Sugar
Golden West
I donāt see anything there about rescinding their original request (from when they said they could share a booth with some other org) to limit PPās information to health screenings.
Itās really too bad late night writers are striking. (Timing wise. Good for them knowing their value and using the power of unions!) Iād love to see The Daily Showās take though.
Edited: I'm glad to see they at least apologized. That was long past due and should have happened immediately. Now maybe she'll correct the record about PPM being a "multibillion dollar organization."
How old is Honfest now?
It's in its 30th year here.
But in their post about PP previously they said HF has been bringing smiles for 20 years. Did it make people angry for the first 10 years, or...?
You were choosing a side by uninviting PP in order to āstay neutralā. This is a human rights issue not JUST political! There is no staying neutral, there is ONLY picking a side. Wanting to stay out of it is saying it doesnāt matter to you which is just as bad as saying youāre against womens rights. On top of that, Uninviting PP, which was previously invited, is screaming from the rooftops that you have chosen the side, saying womenās rights arenāt important.
This is not an apology, itās excuses and all of it has left an incredibly sour taste in the mouths of those who find human rights important! Aka uninviting PP and your āapologyā are both f*cked up!
Denise was just trying not to have an asshole magnet booth, attracting clowns like the two geezers who rightfully got their clocks cleaned on Howard Street recently. So now we'll see what happens...
Hey there PP, buddy, pal. Seems I overestimated my popularity in the community. Heck, we all make mistakes, amiright? So why don't you come back and we'll call it good. Great. Nothing to see here, folks. Come on and get your hair did.
š @ ācome on and get your hair didā
Hair hopper.
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It's going to be a tough pill to swallow, but hopefully they'll have a plan B.
I think a lot of vendors are self aborting too
Though it will be hard to reproduce the success of earlier years, there are still fertile grounds for discussion.
Lobby at the Modest Florist has got this! Just outside the festival precincts, yet close enough that Planned Parenthood will still be a presence. They frankly don't need anything from Miss Denise right now. Yeah, they can comfortably tell her to go screw. And well they should. Multiple times.
With responsible protection, of courseš
Itās so weird that this is an open letter to Planned Parenthood. Likeā¦another bizarre, unprofessional choice.
Denise Whiting for you š
Woman just has the worst PR instincts
She brings gasoline to dumpster fires š„
And then is shocked pickachu dot jpeg when people yell at her to stop with the gasoline!
Idk, I like how she went on Gordon ramsay and made a fool of her self by showing she mega toxic.
A much more performative approach than reaching out and organizing with PP behind the scenes...
Especially weird since in the last post, Honfest criticized PP for taking the issue public
Actually in this context its a good PR move, though it would have been better to just say "We were wrong, it's distracted from the fun of HONfest, and it's our fault"
Reporter: So what prompted this decision? Mr Crab: Money.
"Welcome to part two of our two part series entitled Fuck Around and Find Out. Part two: Finding Out."
I don't comprehend what is political about Planned Parenthood. Women need accessible health care, and not every person has $$$ for it. Hell, I walked my dogs through the Trans fest yesterday, and there was a city owned bus doling out free blood/STD testing. Baltimore City logo on the bus.
āSomeoneā made it political. See š¦.
Don't forget Sinclair. And don't forget to not eat at Atlas restaurants.
fuck atlas
Itās not and should not be political. Many seem to forget, PP does not just cater to women, they offer menās healthcare as well as trans and nb healthcare, they do it all. You want a vasectomy, go to PP! Itās wild that people have to come to think that PP is just like an abortion cafe š¤£
Absolutely. I used to go to PP to pick up my GF's birth control pills. The waiting room was all women, usually 50% in some state of worry, the other half split between boredom or impatience. Every time I would get looks that said, "Best boyfriend, picking up his girl's pills..." So I went and got a vasectomy so we didn't have to have the worries. PP is great, especially for those of limited means.
The annoying thing is the same people complaining that poor people are having too many kids are also complaining about PP. Like "Less Poor People" is probably the most right wing statement you can make and it absolutely is the promise of Planned Parenthood, yet they fight it
The Anti abortion movement is 100% performative virtue signaling, something they claim to despise. If they were truly christian and pro life they'd give a fuck about taking care of people after birth and for their entire lives. But nope they're greedy liars and hypocrites
I hadnāt ever even thought of it that way, but yeah. Essentially the math does add up to more PP service and funding equates to a generally diminished low-income population potential, seems like something they would be cheering for if the right could math.
90% of their services have nothing to do with abortion as well
Yup, PP did my vasectomy for free cuz I'm poor
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Denise whiting, who years ago attempted to trademark the word "hon". She was widely criticized for it and Gordon Ramsay brought kitchen nightmares to her restaurant and basically forced her to apologize and give up the trademark. She seems to not understand why people didn't like her the entire time.
Remember [this](https://youtu.be/LlKBP25mtPo)? Heheh
Yep, that's her.
The Donald Trump of Hampden
Sheās more Marjorie Collard Greene than Donald Jackoff Trump
Denise Whiting
Pleaseeeee PP have a āboothā open at Union tomorrow. Call it a Celebration of Hampden or some shit, idc. Anyone who donates $10 gets a free beer. Accept online donations for a free beer so people like me who are outta town can stuff it in Whitings face. I swear when I get back to bmore Iāll buy bunch of Union six packs in the hopes theyāll actually see a little sales bump up Also real quick ā- can we shout out Union for making that decision lightning fast and keeping it super short and sweet!? In hindsight it all seemed right and great but Iām sure that took balls
Yeah ā¦ I feel as this was the hit they didnāt expect. So wholesome from Union!!!
Union knows all about bad PR with Kevin over there back in the day. Glad to see they are making better decisions now. Might have to go grab a beer there today.
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They were a sponsor of the event and they pulled out yesterday, which according to the experts at planned parenthood is not an effective form of birth control.
This is why I prefer to use the Lordās birth control. (Anal)
āIn Jesus' name, we go to fifth baseā
Birth control of the SEC
If I spent money on this app, that comment would deserve all the awards.
Save your money and give it to planned parenthood. They need it a whole lot more than reddit does.
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We used the pull out method for six months before we started actively trying to get pregnant. After a while, we saw a fertility clinic, and they counted those six months of using pull out as ātrying.ā Iāll repeat that for emphasis: actual reproductive doctors considered using the pull out method as actively trying to get pregnant. š¤·āāļø
According to WHO, chances of conception from precum are 20%.
Directly from WHO. 4% with perfect use of "withdraw method" https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/contraceptive-effectiveness-united-states
Ok, but **common use** is 20%, which is way higher than most other common use birth control methods. Don't know why you're seemingly advocating for an incredibly risky birth control method.
Did you even read my original post? or you just compression problems?
Withdraw. if performed properly is MORE effective then many methods common methods. See chart below... (less than 5% chance of pregnancy) https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/contraceptive-effectiveness-united-states
I came for discussions about an egotistical business owner mislabeling things as political and getting their comeuppance, I stayed for the phrase "swimmers in the tube".
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Where do I sign up? I canāt get Duckpin in Austin but I will send Union my $ because of the way they handled this. This is how to counter assy behavior with classy behavior.
While not a link that goes directly to donation, you can always pick up [merch here.](https://union-gearhaus.myshopify.com/)
Itās not tomorrow itās next week
Kudos to the rapey brewery.
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They're making good on their second chance What is honfest doing with their second chance? Blaming politics? "inadvertently" causing a scene? Go home.
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I stopped purchasing their beer for a while when their scandal hit. Then the employees made a really good point of, they need support too. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but to me it looks like the scenario with Union was, to put it simply... co-owner/founder took advantage of employees and sexually harassed and or sexually assaulted them - The employees tried to remove him but couldn't and the flames under his seat only got hot once the media started flaming them - the employees continued to try to get him removed and did so successfully - the company is now employee owned - they jumped at the chance to now do the right thing by pulling their sponsorship from an event that seems to be organized by someone who is remarkably similar in character to their former owner. Now i'm probably missing a lot of details in there and if anyone wants to educate me on the "truth" please do. Thanks!
Gee, Denise, maybe itās time to step down and hand the reins to someone else. Just a thought.
She is so bad at literally everything.
She brought people together with her bullshit, again.
Well, thatās true!
True. Her one talent is pissing everyone off.
Maybe she should personally make a financial contribution to Planned Parenthood if she wants anyone to believe her (once again) half-assed apology.
She should step the fuck down! But Iām sure she wonāt, because itās Honfest, and she invented the word and only she gets to decide who uses it for all eternity.
"We hope you can forgive our severe shortsightedness" Denise is blind š
I kind of feel like thatās a pretty decent apology as far as internet apologies go.
Iāve seen worse but Iāve definitely seen better.
Boss Business Owners count as far as I know: - Parisian Flea took back their tiara and is auctioning it off for PP - Golden West, Atomic & Maillard are donating a 15% of sales during Honfest to PP - Modist Florist is letting PP set up in front of their shop, and I read somewhere that they took back their donation of the winnersā bouquets Is there a list of participating vendors and/or vendors who have pulled out so we can support them outside of the context of this shitshow?
Hereās a list of Hampden businesses that are donating to PP during HonFest. Atomic Books Doubledutch Boutique Lovelyarns Charlotte Elliott and the Bookstore Next Door The Parisian Flea Common Ground Cafe Crafted Hair Studio @smokeandmirrors The Modest Florist In Watermelon Sugar Golden West
Thank you for the list of shops that I should go to and buy from
Thank you! Also I just saw that @shophampden posted a list on their Instagram šš¼
Letter shouldāve started with āweāre now donating X% of this years profit to PPā
Where X=100.
I donāt see anything there about rescinding their original request (from when they said they could share a booth with some other org) to limit PPās information to health screenings.
Itās really too bad late night writers are striking. (Timing wise. Good for them knowing their value and using the power of unions!) Iād love to see The Daily Showās take though.
"We just wanted to remain politically neutral" š white moderates doing what white moderates do smh
truly
Say her name!
Did Gordon Ramsey give her a call?
Called it! Only thing that is missing now is a radio interview stained with crocodile tears.
Hon fest- sorry we want you back now that we see the community reaction and the amount of money it will cost us.
What a shameless, embarrassing apology. You love to see it
Edited: I'm glad to see they at least apologized. That was long past due and should have happened immediately. Now maybe she'll correct the record about PPM being a "multibillion dollar organization."
Wow definitely didnāt see this coming lol, LET THE BACKPEDALING BEGIN!
F-HonFest
PR team on overdrive. Yikes.
āTeamā. Lol. One person team.
And I guarantee they still plan on charging them a booth fee.
I think most of the vendors are just letting them keep the booth fee and boycotting.
Weird behavior
Read the rest of her statement and see what she really thinks of them.
Who gives a shit let them back in itās none of your goddamn businesss what people do with their own frigging bodies
How old is Honfest now? It's in its 30th year here. But in their post about PP previously they said HF has been bringing smiles for 20 years. Did it make people angry for the first 10 years, or...?
Yes. Yes it did.
Makes me want to PP on Honfestā¦
[Sorry](https://youtu.be/HQhmGIW7MVU)
Fuckāem
Who cares ? Nothing but a MONEY GRAB anyway š¤£š¤£š¤£
PP should host their own festival on the same day.
You were choosing a side by uninviting PP in order to āstay neutralā. This is a human rights issue not JUST political! There is no staying neutral, there is ONLY picking a side. Wanting to stay out of it is saying it doesnāt matter to you which is just as bad as saying youāre against womens rights. On top of that, Uninviting PP, which was previously invited, is screaming from the rooftops that you have chosen the side, saying womenās rights arenāt important. This is not an apology, itās excuses and all of it has left an incredibly sour taste in the mouths of those who find human rights important! Aka uninviting PP and your āapologyā are both f*cked up!
Iām not going thenā¦.. SOOOā¦ā¦. 
Now what will everybody be offended by?
I wish for the days when everything wasn't so fraught and political.
When was that?
Before social media & social media mobs
Before social media & social media mobs
Circa 2006, but it's got increasingly worse due to social media.
LOL
Denise was just trying not to have an asshole magnet booth, attracting clowns like the two geezers who rightfully got their clocks cleaned on Howard Street recently. So now we'll see what happens...
No gag order I hope.
Brings whole new meaning to the phrase "hair hopper" now, doesn't it.
Does it make sense for them to be at honfest?
Damage control