"Unsanitary" Behavior

The article Señor Abbot was written by Eileen Smith, the creator of the blog In The Pink. In her article, Smith first touches on how Governor Rick Perry made an announcement of a statewide ban of any feminine products that may be thrown at or used to harm state officials. When Senate Bill 5 was passed, a bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks and places more restrictions on abortion providers, women became angry and began to toss miscellaneous purse items at the state officials (e.g. pads and tampons). As a result, tampons and pads were confiscated from women who would attend the House proceedings. Her point is that Perry is making Texas a "national laughingstock." Smith uses humorous sarcasm to make fun of the situation that I agree is ridiculous. Who bans pads and tampons but still allows guns?

Smith then goes on to talk about Greg Abbot's raid of the Texas French Bread company. Abbot and multiple ICE agents barged into the deli and arrested 5 illegal immigrants. In a later interview, Abbot proclaimed that he was not necessarily concerned with attracting Hispanic voters and in an attempt to not seem racist, he mentioned that his wife was Hispanic. "His wife is Hispanic so apparently that cancels everything out," Smith says, once again being sarcastic, "I used to end all my offensive statements with, "But I can say that because my husband's Hispanic!""

Smith's target audience is Texas women against SB5 and Texans who find Greg Abbot's recent actions to be quite silly. By joking with the audience, Eileen Smith is able to talk about serious or controversial issues while making light of the subject. It makes the situation a funny discussion instead of inciting a heated debate.

Eileen Smith may be a blogger, but she is a funny and credible writer. When she makes a statement, she'll hyperlink her words to the specific article in order to defend her claim or to prove her point.

In this article overall, Smith wants to inform her audience of the absurd actions by our state representatives and believes that they should behave better.