June 9th, 2009 5 Comments

Oh yes, it’s Ladies Night and the feeling’s intimidation-free

The other day I was checking my inbox when I see an email about “Bruce Rossmeyer’s Harley-Davidson Special Event.” Naturally I open that one to see what the special event is, which turns out to be one of those women-only garage parties that I’ve heard so much about.

I’m immediately turned off by the headline because it actually does say “SORRY FELLAS, THIS GARAGE IS FOR LADIES ONLY.” Blergh.

So I read through all of the information of the where’s and when’s of the event and it’s “intimidation-free zone” and there’s something else that’s bothering me about the email that I can’t quite pin down.

I show the email to my husband and he immediately reacts negatively, pointing to the photograph used in the email:

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Yep. That would be what was bothering me.

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  1. Magnus says:

    When I first started in model photography I was guilty of taking pictures of girls that looked like they’ve never been on or near a motorcycle before. Oh, I got lots of kudos & critical praise but it didn’t sit right.

    I need to fix my karma in this department.

    • Lizzie says:

      Yeah, not only is the photo just all around bad, but a picture of three random skanks who look terrified of the motorcycle is not going to lure me to a garage party! :)

  2. I’ve actually been to a HD Garage Party but I didn’t dress like that and none of the other women that attended did either. That pix is just sad. None of them look like they ever have any intention of riding their own. Sad!

  3. Chris H says:

    I agree with the comments made but did you go along and tell them how wrong they were? The only way to get them to change & understand is to engage with them and tell them what you want to see, what attracts you to an event. They need the insider view from you, the rider, then they’ll learn to target people correctly. It’s the same here in England they keep missing the point.

  4. Dean "D-Day" says:

    WTF?!?! That’s pretty pathetic.

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