(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:
Mizuno running shoes for sale at Amazon.com — the same shoes Sen. Wendy Davis wore during her filibuster on June 25, 2012.
Customer Review
147 of 150 people found the following review helpful
SHOES 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)
Mizuno’s red running shoes, worn by Texas Sen. Wendy Davis. Image from Outside the Beltway
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