The viral “Get Your Booty To The Poll” ad has received both praise and criticism for featuring strippers as a tactic to get voters to pay attention not just to the presidential election, but to key down-ballot elections buzzfeednews.com/article/otilli…
The ad comes as the Joe Biden campaign is reportedly concerned about his ability to win over Black men, a demographic seen as key to winning the presidential election buzzfeednews.com/article/otilli…
Jasmine Johnson, a porn performer, educator, and therapist who has been organizing political education panels for sex workers of color through the organization BIPOC Adult Industry Collective, said it was refreshing to see sex workers speaking up buzzfeednews.com/article/otilli… 
Critics saw the ad as condescending, with some wrongly speculating that it was the product of out-of-touch white Democrats. The ad was actually conceived of by Angela Gomes, a Black director based in Atlanta who wanted to speak out after the killing of George Floyd
Gomes believes a lot of the criticism comes from the assumption that all Black voters are alike, but for her, “that’s not what it is.” buzzfeednews.com/article/otilli…
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