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Two years ago, rock 'n' roll cabaret act Citizen Band's cofounder Sarah Sophie Flicker and award-winning filmmaker/artist Maximilla Lukacs enlisted hip young celebrity friends like Lena Dunham, Alexa Chung and Tennessee Thomas to lip-synch to Lesley Gore's original vocal track to her classic 1964 anthem "You Don't Own Me" in a vote-promoting online public service announcement that quickly went viral and generated tons of blog reports and exposure on mainstream media sites.
Now, as the Department of Peace (DOP), they've joined forces with another female rock icon, JOAN JETT.
"It's video time again! Join us in making something badass and impactful to help inspire people to get out and vote at the midterms in November," proclaims the DOP Facebook page.
"THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!" Lukacs says on her page. "There is a war being waged on women's rights and we need to fight back with everything we've got."
As noted on the department's website, 31 states in America allow a rapist to sue a women for custody and/or visitation of the child birthed from that rape; 35 percent of American women will have an abortion by the age of 45, and in 13 states a pharmacist can legally refuse to disperse birth control, even if theyhave a prescription. More laws were passed to limit women's reproductive rights last year than in the entire previous decade.
"Arm yourself with the facts!" DOP urges.
"In 2012, our Get Out The Vote efforts had us singing 'You Don't Own Me.' This time, with the help and blessing of the incredibly badass JOAN JETT, we are asking you to record and submit a video of yourself lip-syncing, dancing and getting loud to "Bad Reputation.' The midterm elections on Tuesday, November 4, are just as important as the presidential elections. Democratic control of the Senate hangs on OUR VOTES. Please pass this along to friends and submit your video by October 12."
Participants are instructed to film themselves lip-syncing to the song on laptop or handheld and submit the file via email. They also need to make a sign saying why it's important to them to vote, and show it in their film.
"The most regressive, anti-woman, anti-voting, anti-equality laws are being passed on the state level," DOP says. "Ten million more women than men voted in the last election. Women have decided literally every election in our lifetimes, yet, midterm turnout is historically low. LET'S CHANGE THAT!"
Says Jett: "If you want to vote for people with backward views on women's rights this November, I'm asking you to stay home. But if you care about our right to control our own bodies and our own paychecks, then get yourself to the polls and vote on Nov. 4. And bring your friends."
Encourages Flicker on her Facebook page, "Sing along to 'Bad Reputation' and let's make VOTING the coolest thing we do this fall!"
Two years ago, rock 'n' roll cabaret act Citizen Band's cofounder Sarah Sophie Flicker and award-winning filmmaker/artist Maximilla Lukacs enlisted hip young celebrity friends like Lena Dunham, Alexa Chung and Tennessee Thomas to lip-synch to Lesley Gore's original vocal track to her classic 1964 anthem "You Don't Own Me" in a vote-promoting online public service announcement that quickly went viral and generated tons of blog reports and exposure on mainstream media sites.