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Makeup Tutorial Brilliantly Encourages Women to Vote
Jill Bond | 3 hours ago | Progressives

Female comedian Megan MacKay was inspired to create a makeup tutorial as a rebuttal to politicians and pundits that belittle and talk down to women, and to encourage women to vote. The inspired “Beyonce voter” video is the latest in her series of satirical “tutorials” that dissect news stories she’s passionate about. Earlier she tackled the issues of abuse, in her Ray Rice Inspired Makeup Tutorial, where she uses a foundation called “The NFL” because “it’ll cover up anything just to save face,” and the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling with her Hobby Lobby Makeup Tutorial.

MacKay addresses Fox News correspondent Jesse Watters’ remark in which he coined the term “Beyonce voters,” who are, according to him, comprised of single ladies that depend on the government because they’re not depending on their husbands. You know, because a woman couldn’t possibly be single and strong and independent, or make her own decisions.

It’s vitally important that women show up at the polls in November with issues of equal pay, health care, birth control and abortion access at stake. This video brilliantly shows why we need more women voting for more women and more progressives in office to stop the carnage the GOP is unleashing on women’s rights.

MacKay smartly connects her powerful message with humor, and in an interview with Cosmopolitan she expressed why she chose to parody the makeup tutorial trope. “For every makeup step, you can create an awesome set-up and a couple of punch lines without losing your audience in the fray.”

MacKay’s foundation is “Rhetoric” that she applies by patting on her face. “It feels so good to be slapped in the face with rhetoric by a condescending politician,” she says. The shadow she uses is “Minimum Wage” so she expects it to “run out pretty quickly, and the coverage won’t be great, but you’ll just have to do with what’s there.”

“I’m sealing my foundation in today with a pressed powder called ‘not a doctor,'” MacKay says, as she sweeps the brush over her face. “So wherever you applied ‘condescending politician,’ add a light dusting of ‘not a doctor’ and remind yourself that some politicians frequently make medically inaccurate assumptions about your body’s needs.”

And then they turn those wrong assumptions into laws that we are bound to.

As the finishing touch she reminds us there are important measures on a lot of ballots, so don’t be ignored, show up at the polls and make your voice heard!

“For lips, I’m using my favorite shade, Independent Woman. Because b*tch, Beyonce out earned her husband last year. She doesn’t need to rely on anybody, and she asks for what she wants … On voting day, don’t let other people speak for you.”

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