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Since I seem to be having a Joan Baez weekend, I remember a poster she was on, which probably came out about 1968 or 1969. It was in black and white, and there were three pretty girls on it, one of which I think was Joan. I never knew who the other two were. I think the girls were holding daisies. The caption read, "Girls say yes to boys who say no." I had this poster on my closet door for a while. (My mom was unusually tolerant about that.) Since I was only 13 or so, I didn't really understand what the poster meant; in my head, it meant that girls would kiss/date boys who were opposed to the war. That was all that "saying yes" meant to me at the time... I was opposed to the war in a black/white, naive, 13-year-old way, and it was only years later that I came to realize how terribly we treated those men who fought in Viet Nam, equating a hate of the war with hate of those soldiers. I still feel ashamed for that.

So, who was on the poster, and what was the backstory?


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"Joan Baez"

 by -Poppet- on Mar 29 2008 (22 months ago)
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It was Joan and her two sisters, Pauline and Mimi, on that 1968 poster!  According to David Frum:  "The poster sought to counter the fear that draft resistance was unmanly by promising draft resisters the traditional rewards of the warrior: the, um, attentions of beautiful and admiring females." 
http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzQzYWEzZTMxNDg2YTYwZTM2OTA1MmE2YTZlYzE5MzM

Proceeds from the poster sales went towards draft resistance.   She had just performed at Madison Square Garden, and told the crowd that "if you feel that to go to war is wrong, then you must say no to the draft. And if young ladies feel it's wrong to kill, then you can say yes to the young men that say no to the draft".   

Wow. It's kind of shocking to hear that now; someone telling young girls to offer sex if a guy avoids the draft! 
 Times and thinking have certainly changed in 40 years (thank goodness!)


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"Yes. 1968 draft resitance, Baez and her 2 sisters. "

 by quatie on Apr 01 2008 (22 months ago)
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Yes!  The poster was created by Larry Gates to raise money for the Draft Resistance in 1968.  Joan Baez was very active in the draft resistance movement and operated the Institute for Non-violence in Carmel, CA.  The women were Joan Baez and her two sisters, Mimi Farina and Pauline Marden.

 

 

Sources: Smithsonian American Art Collection
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"Girls say yes..."

 by Marzi0510 on Mar 30 2008 (22 months ago)
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This antidraft poster features singer and activist Joan Baez (left) with her sisters.



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Girls Say Yes to Boys Who Say No  ca 1968
Sources: http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/posters/objects/aa-noframe.html?/collections/exhibits/posters/objects/AA-post115_.html
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