Shocking photoshop of NFL CoverGirl model with black eye is sweeping across Twitter

[sheshe2]

A new hashtag has taken over Twitter: #GoodellMustGo.

Saturday, it was accompanied by an image from CoverGirls’ NFL makeup line — which has the slogan, “Get Your Game Face On!” — but was photoshopped to look like the woman had a black eye.

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The photo has taken off and is being shared all over the Internet. People are tweeting it and the hashtag’s page is full of people calling for embattled NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to be fired.

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Additionally, Ultraviolet, a women’s advocacy organization, will fly planes with #GoodellMustGo banners over several NFL stadiums on Sunday, according to Bloomberg. Planes are scheduled to fly above stadiums in New York, Cleveland, San Francisco and Indianapolis.

More:http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/09/photoshop-nfl-covergirl-model-black-eye-twitter

[Kalidurga]

1. Perfect

I don't know if they were going for the subliminal message with purple and gold to tie in Adrian Peterson or not. If they were going for that it's effective. If not what a strange coincidence in colors.

[BillZBubb]

59. No, it is the Baltimore logo in the woman's eye makeup.

The connection is to ex-Raven Rice and his wife.

[Kalidurga]

61. Wow, I didn't realize the colors were so similar

Not a big football fan though.

[uppityperson]

2. Very good. nt

[joeglow3]

3. I imagine it will accomplish nothing.

And I am embarrassed to say I am part of the problem. I LOVE football and just don't see enough people boycotting to make a difference.

[sheshe2]

7. joeglow, there is no problem that you like football.

It is an all American sport always has been.

Yet there has been a lot of issues with abuse and cover ups in sports. That is not a sport but a crime.

We can have the sport with out the violence against women. Yes we can have both.

This picture of Janay, breaks my heart. Yes, I know she is defending him. Yet as a woman who has known violence, it is telling. I have to say to you that is the face of a battered woman, her face is down turned, her eyes cast down and her shoulders appear to be slumped. Her expression, wow that is a hard one to describe, I would say defeated. To me, her face shows her pain and subjugation.

[libdem4life]

52. Indeed, it is. Now they are broke, to add to her burden...him home all day long. Lord give

her strength. Breaks my heart.

[Go Vols]

62. Emotionally broke?

because his net worth is $14 million.


http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/nfl/ray-rice-net-worth/

[libdem4life]

65. Good point. I didn't know that. Still, what is he going to do...people who live high can go through

even a large amount of money quickly. Gambling, the ponies, etc. I guess there are still cretins who might hire him. And this type doesn't allow support system/relationships with their wives. They are prisoners in their own home.

Edit...spelling

[SunSeeker]

13. This is not asking you to boycott football but to support the ouster of Goodell.

I have not heard anyone say they "LOVE" Goodell and "just don't see" him resigning. Have you?

[sheshe2]

17. Hey SunSeeker, good to see you.

This picture pains me.



I explained above.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025536831#post7

It makes me cry.

[SunSeeker]

19. She was only 16 when they met. He was--and is--her world.

I can't imagine someone I loved and looked up to treating me that way--and everyone seeing it on video. She looks devastated, humiliated and embarrassed.

It is this horror and embarrassment that keep the victims quiet and enable the abuser. The victims often blame themselves, like Janay did, actually apologizing for "her role" in the attack at that press conference.

[sheshe2]

24. We are cross posting here...We are answering each others posts at the same time.

We should make a thread together.

I did not know that she was 16 when they met. Damn, that makes this all so much worse and explains her face in that picture and also her blind devotion, she was still a child, she was. Plenty of time for Rice to manipulate her and control her.

Screw him, I hope she and her daughter survives.

[SunSeeker]

41. We already are making a thread together.

This one.



By the way, here's the link for when they met. You can see how she idolized him from day 1:

http://fabwags.com/janay-palmer-ray-rices-girlfriend-fiancee/

[BlancheSplanchnik]

20. she, it hits me hard too. her face is most clearly the face of a victim with no one to turn to.

And guess what?

I don't think there are very many men who are LITERATE in the facial expressions of women who are scared to DEATH of the man she sleeps with, who could easily break her in half.

That face probably says NOTHING to a scarily large proportion of men; men in the general population, but also HERE.

Because they don't see it, too many refuse to listen to us because our reality is something they can't fathom.

Crazy, isn't it? (Not funny-crazy, either.)

[sheshe2]

30. Blanche, you just said it a nutshall.

"I don't think there are very many men who are LITERATE in the facial expressions of women who are scared to DEATH of the man she sleeps with, who could easily break her in half.

That face probably says NOTHING to a scarily large proportion of men; men in the general population, but also HERE.

Because they don't see it, too many refuse to listen to us because our reality is something they can't fathom. "

It's obvious they don't see her face for what it is and what it means, they have never been there. The comments here are another fist raised back and slamming into our faces. It's like they are saying, honey you never felt that first punch, here is another to your gut. Oh and she is in it for the money! She could leave if she really wanted too! Everyone has a choice. Well she was stupid enough to marry him. SunSeeker told me she was 16 when she met him. The mind control is in full force. He owns her.

My gut, it tells me that woman is abused physically mentally verbally. That picture tells me she has lost hope.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. in the vid, a bunch of huge men show up...and ignore her.

They could be discussing what to do with a room service tray sitting half way out of the elevator.

Oh, I went on at length a little lower down the thread.



That girl breaks my heart. I KNOW how hard it is to deal with the whole insanity, and the pain of breaking away, if you can. ..someone you are emotionally bonded to, raging one minute, contrite the next, and. ..so many other emotional hooks, lies, dreams and illusions.

Sigh

[SunSeeker]

39. Oh yes, Blanche, we women know.

If it wasn't us battered, it was our mom, our friend, our sister...or all of the above. None of our lives have gone untouched by this violence. None of us can say we never knew the fear of being alone with a man who is twice our size and strength, and none of our self control.

[Oktober]

4. Dumb...

... And also offensive.

Any other groups get to use battered women (real or photoshopped) to advertise their cause?

[toby jo]

5. Well, how many groups have battered women as their cause?

The ad cracked me up - it's a smear on the 'get your game face on' with just the model. Truth hits home. I like it.

[sheshe2]

6. I will tell you what I find offensive.

Ray Rice pulled his fist back and cold cocked his fiance. She smashed her head against the rail and blacked out. Her compassionate fiance dragged her out of the elevator and dropped her on her face. Did you see the video, I did and it hurt like hell to watch.

So you know what I think is dumb? The NFL and Goodell hushed it up. They enabled a man that battered his fiance and they did it for money. It was not only dumb, it was a blatant attempt to hush up a criminal act. That was assault.


Kudos to...

Ultraviolet, a women’s advocacy organization, will fly planes with #GoodellMustGo banners over several NFL stadiums on Sunday, according to Bloomberg. Planes are scheduled to fly above stadiums in New York, Cleveland, San Francisco and Indianapolis.

for putting a face to Violence against women.

[SunSeeker]

16. Exactly. The cover up is often worse than the crime, although here the crime was really awful.

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I am really saddened by how many here on DU downplay what happened to Janay.

Janay was out cold, which means at a minimum she suffered some sort of head injury. People die from these type of punches all the time, mostly from their head hitting an object or the floor when they fall unconscious.

Rice showed absolutely no concern for her--didn't even checked her pulse. He just dragged her out of the elevator like a sack of garbage. He KICKED her legs out of the elevator doors, not wanting to be bothered to bend down to move them.

Oh, and just so I don't get alerted on again (like happened in another thread), by someone who claims Ray Rice didn't kick Janay, here's the video. He kicks her right leg with his left foot at 0.13, the way you would kick a piece of trash out of the way. My husband was the one who actually noticed that and pointed it out to me. He was struck by what disdain Rice showed for his fiancee and little Rayven's mother.

[sheshe2]

22. I watched it, I saw it and it pains me.

He carried her out like a piece of meat and dropped her on her face. Yes, he did kick her legs out of the way.

Also in the elevator, when she fell to the floor, looks like he did an oh shit jump. Like oh shit, I just screwed up again. Frick him and his defenders.

I know she is staying and I know she is defending him, yet I fear for her and Rayven. Defending him does not make him innocent nor does it make her less battered. Did you see the pictures I posted of the press conference. They were telling.

Thnk you for your response SunSeeker. Sorry about the alert, I get a lot of them too for telling the truth!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. and then the crowd of MEN who gathered and STOOD AROUND

NO ONE MADE A MOVE TO HELP HER.

Until much later in the vid, where someone who was much smaller than all the others, went to her.

Fucking hell, that person propped her up, and I realized I'd seen that kind of pose before. ....it was a pose I've seen in pictures ......

PICTURES OF MALE SOLDIERS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. But that's different . They're heroes. THEIR SUFFERING MATTERS. Guys identify with it, and so, they can FEEL it.

But women? Women are too much unlike them. They can't relate, so too many don't even expend the energy to TRY.

The battlefield that women have to LIVE IN...without weapons, protective armor, battle training....well, don't shed a tear for them, dude-bros, it's not the same. No medals and 21 gun salutes.

[tblue37]

51. Notice, too, that even with other men around (and in the other video we can see

that several men show up), he is totally unconcerned with covering her up to save her embarrassment. Now, they didn't know the whole world would see her, but *he* knew she would not want to be exposed to a bunch of other men. I bet being uncovered the way she is in the video is an added source of humiliation for her.

[Scootaloo]

10. Your opinion has been noted, and summarily dismissed.

Have a wonderful day.

[sheshe2]

14. Thanks Scoot! nt

[Rex]

27. Sure it is, seriously I do hope you enjoy your stay here!

[progressoid]

45. I predict,

Oktober's stay here will be over by October.

[joshcryer]

40. I think it's slightly offensive for shock irony humor.

But it's well needed in the debate. The NBA is much better in this respect. The NFL just doesn't give a shit because it's the most profitable sport in the US.

[Flatpicker]

8. I gave up

on organized pro/semi pro sports a few years ago.

The NFL isn't the only league where bad behavior is considered ok. They all cover up in the name of the almighty dollar.

[sheshe2]

9. More Photos...You decide.

Body language, she is turned away from him.

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They don't walk together, why is it that she trails behind him.



I pasted this above. This is the face of a battered woman.

[brer cat]

15. Couldn't be clearer, sheshe2.

The last picture especially is the face of a defeated woman. She is lost...I can only pray she can pull out before it is too late.

[sheshe2]

28. True brer cat, it could not be clearer.

She is defeated, she is a battered woman. In that picture his head is held high. He is the alpha male and he is making sure his mate sees it.

I too hope Jayan and her daughter can escape before it is to late. My fear is the timeline is short. He has been kicked off the team. His rage, where do you think it will be directed. Yup, you guessed right. It will be his wife that pays.

Tears

[Mr.Bill]

11. Once the damage comes to the sponsors

and they start bailing out, Goodell will be gone. Money talks.

[SunSeeker]

12. K & R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. I like Ultraviolet. ALOT.

They're a great activist group fighting for women's human rights.

[SunSeeker]

21. +1

[WheelWalker]

23. Kicked and recommended...

thank you

[Purveyor]

26. Reminds me of the cig commercial...

[sheshe2]

33. No.

It doesn't remind me of a cigarette commercial. Unfricking believable that you would post that crap here. Your post is beneath contempt. You ridicule women and make VAWA a joke. It's not.

This is a fact



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http://www.acmenovelties.net/writing/voted_against_AWA.html

The War on Women in America is Alive and Well



The war on women in America is real. It’s insidious. It’s commanders are men who are highly regarded due to political positions or celebrities. Women who are used and abused are often minimized. Their credibility is attacked as if the abuse makes them less believable. Crimes against women involving rape, sexual molestation, and domestic violence are minimized, suggesting that they somehow deserve the violence inflicted upon them. The insidious part of this war is that some of the warriors promoting this violence against women, are men like Todd Palin, who is repeatedly hailed as a champion of family values.

They are men like the Secret Service agents in Colombia. They are men like O.J. Simpson and Scott Peterson. They are politicians like Senator Mendez. They are members of the military fighting next to women who are risking their lives to fight the ” enemy.” Male soldiers frequently abuse and rape the very women who are fighting for America. Fox News has now hired Herman Cain as a commentator. Cain is best known for his unfaithfulness to his wife, and the sexual harassment of multiple women. What does it say about our country when the most popular “news” show in the country, hires a “commentator” who is best known for his history of sexual harassment.

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7. For Super Bowl 2010 an estimated 10,000 prostitutes were brought into Miami and slept with 25-60 men each day.

8. 207,754 women are raped or sexually assaulted every year. That means that every two minutes a woman in America is being assaulted or raped.

9. Estimates are that between 600,000 to 6 million women are the victims of domestic violence every year.

Read more here, though I know you won't. You think this is a joke!

http://malialitman.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/the-war-on-women-in-america-is-alive-and-well/

[Cha]

35. Mahalo she.. some people just don't

get it.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

36. ^^^^ anyone who cares about the facts of this issue will read this. n/t

[sheshe2]

47. Thank you Blanche,

I finally had to go to sleep. I couldn't take it anymore!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

58. I know what you mean!

There should be a "tearing your hair out" emotie.

[sheshe2]

60. Ya we could use that one a lot!

Not quite there, yet this works..

[BlancheSplanchnik]

63. Oh dear sweet baby jesus......

He's babelicious. Swoooon.

[sheshe2]

42. It is not a commercial.

It is life and it can impact every woman in your life. Your wife mom sister aunt cousin daughter niece grandmother coworker sister in law friend. It's not a joke Purveyor. VAWA is a reality. You may not think it exists, yet it does and the joke is on you, you may never know it because it is a silent problem that many of us never talk about. We are silent.

So have your fun and your jokes if that is what makes you happy and fulfills your life. Yet know for a fact that someone you know has been abused.

[Oktober]

44. It is absolutely a commercial...

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It is the literal definition of marketing to gain support for an idea, organization, brand or product.

[sheshe2]

46. An idea? Really.

The photoshop was about violence against women! Janay to be exact!

You said...

"It is the literal definition of marketing to gain support for an idea, organization, brand of product."

What brand are you thinking is being sold here? Is violence against women okay?

[Oktober]

48. The idea they are trying to gain support for is increased social pressure on Cover Girl

It's making direct use of social media complete with a message and a desired outcome.

[sheshe2]

53. Would you please just respond to VAWA. You never responded to my post. Here it is again.

sheshe2
6. I will tell you what I find offensive.

Ray Rice pulled his fist back and cold cocked his fiance. She smashed her head against the rail and blacked out. Her compassionate fiance dragged her out of the elevator and dropped her on her face. Did you see the video, I did and it hurt like hell to watch.

So you know what I think is dumb? The NFL and Goodell hushed it up. They enabled a man that battered his fiance and they did it for money. It was not only dumb, it was a blatant attempt to hush up a criminal act. That was assault.


Kudos to...

Ultraviolet, a women’s advocacy organization, will fly planes with #GoodellMustGo banners over several NFL stadiums on Sunday, according to Bloomberg. Planes are scheduled to fly above stadiums in New York, Cleveland, San Francisco and Indianapolis.


for putting a face to Violence against women.

Don't make this about Cover Girl. Though I admit we women need make up to cover the bruises, at least those that show. It will never cover the trauma we endure. We are hurt and bruised and our souls ache. Make this about the WOMAN!

[Oktober]

54. What's the question?

You're kind of all over the place...

[sheshe2]

55. No I am not.

And thanks, you just answered my question.

[Oktober]

56. I'm sure...

[Cha]

29. That is really getting it out there, she.. that Violence Against Women is Not Accceptable..

not in the NFL.. not anywhere.



http://www.sileigh.co.uk/Pages/International.aspx

Thank you for your OP.

[sheshe2]

37. Thank you sweets!

For all of us...

[Cha]

38. Mahalo backatcha, she~

[longship]

31. This is a wonderful thread.

I am happy to support it.

There is no excuse for spousal abuse. None!

R&K

[sheshe2]

57. That's why I luv ya longship.

You stand for women and I thank you.

[intaglio]

43. I hope it helps n/t

[pinboy3niner]

49. Gone viral on social media and ***** NOW BEING REPORTED ON CNN *****

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[sheshe2]

50. OMG!

That is awesome pinboy3niner ! I hate CNN but I love them for this!

[cwydro]

64. Kick

[napkinz]

66. Roger Goodell needs to go ... but now there's talk of Condi Rice taking his place

good grief!


Condoleezza Rice for NFL commissioner?
by Alicia Maule
09/13/14

This was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. In light of the scandals plaguing the league, few people at this point would likely call his position a “dream job.” Just so happens, former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has long been on the record saying that very thing.

Now, many — from Hollywood actor Rob Lowe to Arizona Sen. John McCain — are looking at Rice to rescue the main organization behind America’s beloved pastime. It is widely known that the former top official for the George W. Bush administration has a deep affinity for football and that she described serving as NFL commissioner as a dream job.

”That’s absolutely right,” she told Mike Freeman of The New York TImes in a 2002 interview, ”though not immediately and not before Paul Tagliabue is ready to step down.”

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“Condoleezza Rice would be a good person for (Goodell) to call and have a discussion with him. I think she can help him,” Arizona Sen. John McCain told TMZ.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/condi-nfl-commissioner

[sheshe2]

67. LOL!

I agree with your comment.