(Yes, you’re right — the shoes are red, not pink.)
Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis‘s filibuster so insinuated itself into our culture already that it is now a part of shoe reviews at Amazon.com:
Customer Review
147 of 150 people found the following review helpfulSHOES HAIKUS, June 27, 2013
By
This review is from: Mizuno Women’s Wave Rider 16 Running Shoe (Apparel)
Wendy wore these, and
she wasn’t even running.
Here’s hopes she soon will!Standing and talking,
one needs a lot of support.
You have all of ours.
More:
- More on Wendy Davis (GreenMountainDaily.com)
- Wendy Davis and the Sneaker-Selling Filibuster (businessweek.com)
- Wendy Davis’ filibuster shoes praised in Amazon reviews (news.cnet.com)
- Wendy Davis’ Filibuster Shoes Sprint to 5 Stars on Amazon (abcnews.go.com)
- Snarky Amazon users review Wendy Davis’s filibuster shoes (dailydot.com)
- Wendy Davis’ filibustering sneakers get some ‘Amazon’-sized love (today.com)
- Standing in Wendy Davis’ Hot Pink Shoes (hispanicbusiness.com)
- Here’s what Amazon commenters are saying about Wendy Davis’s shoes (washingtonpost.com)
- Amazon Reviewers Praise the Patriarchy-Busting Power of Wendy Davis’ Filibuster Shoes (themarysue.com)
- Wendy Davis’ Running Shoes Keep Fighting the Patriarchy…On Amazon (fastcoexist.com)