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Initially, she somewhat bashfully wore her handiwork around Harvard Square, expecting to attract only embarrassing stares. Instead, she has gotten droves of national media recognition, tickets to the Democratic National Convention and an entrepreneurial gold mine.
The next day, Emerson called and offered her two tickets to Wednesday evening’s session of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, highlighted by a speech from none other than John Edwards. Frommer brought along roommate Alexandra C. Stanek ’07, both sporting tight, stomach-bearing...
And in one corner of the convention floor, another “opinionated” woman began speaking her mind.
The press still instantly mobbed her—could this be The Story of the news-less convention?—and made enough noise to cause a minor commotion. Spontaneity at the DNC is that hard to find.
Rumors quickly began—that they were going to arrest the woman, that they had stripped her and were interrogating her in the backstage area—but the excitement died in minutes. Reporters who were scribbling furiously one moment stuffed their notebooks back into their bags and returned...