Estee Slaughter's 2006 Valentine's Extravaganza

The madcap cosmeticians of Estee Slaughter once again celebrated valentine’s day with an EXTRAVAGANZA involving the distribution of samples of their signature stench, “Occupation” in front of Macy’s in San Francisco, on Feb. 11. Estee Slaughter is the cosmetics company of Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!).

Eschewing the heteronormative gay weddings which dominate the queer scene on VD, these queers handed our their “Wall” condom to both straights and queers alike. “I can’t believe how many people said, ‘no, I don’t need one,’ when offered a condom, said cosmetician Morticia. “What do they mean,” she asked, wondering if there had been a recent outbreak of celibacy.

The Estee Slaughter valentine, with a barbed wire heart on its front cover, explained that the Estee Lauder heir, Ronald Lauder, is president of the Jewish National Fund, “ which was formed in 1901 for the express purpose of displacing Palestinian Arabs from their land. He actively opposes permitting Palestinian refugees the right to return to their land.”

Morticia explained that Estee’s Wall condom (“nothing gets past it”) was created to memorialize israel’s apartheid wall, which is the latest Israeli attempt to permanently annex much of the land in the west bank. This land grab, and the destruction of Palestinian villages that accompanies it, was condemned by the world court, she said, proudly displaying the stickers on the “condom cozy” to that effect. “Overcum Israeli Apartheid,” the wrapper exclaims.

The group also distributed it’s “No Pride in Occupation,” stickers, urging queers to boycott World Pride Jerusalem, which is scheduled to take place this summer. For more information on Estee Slaughter, to become an Estee Slaughter distributor in your area, or to learn more about the boycott of World Pride, please visit http://www.quitpalestine.org.