Grasping at Straws: Comparing Slutwalk and Occupy Wall Street
Recently, there have been a slew of articles written about women and Occupy Wall Street. Particularly, the need for a feminist presence in the movement and the recognition that women are often the ones...
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The naked protester (or, how to get the media to pay attention to women)
Nudity as a form of protest wasn’t invented by PETA. Events such as the World Naked Bike Ride uses nudity as a way to protest “oil dependency and to celebrate the power and individuality of [their]...
View ArticleIt's International Women's Day; are our foremothers rolling over in their...
It’s hard not to heave a big ol’ feminist sigh on International Women’s Day. But, in many ways, I think that’s just fine. International Women’s Day isn’t intended to be a celebration, from my...
View ArticleSafer strolls: A new, progressive way to blame the victim?
You want to talk victim-blaming? Ok. Let’s talk victim blaming. The Toronto Sun published an article on March 11th entitled: “Helping Hookers Stay Safe” which looked at a project called the safer...
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We’re Sluts, Not Feminists. Wherein my relationship with Slutwalk gets rocky.
It would appear that, through lack of clarity, something has finally become clear: Slutwalk has lost me. I have been following the media coverage, the blog posts, and especially, the threads on...
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Feeling 'uncomfortable': A response to Slutwalk DC's defense around holding a...
I could hardly believe my eyes when this was brought to my attention this morning. Slutwalk DC is holding an upcoming fundraiser at a ‘Gentlemen’s Club’. Sounds classy, right? I’m thinking suits,...
View ArticleSlutwalk: A critical note around coverage of criticism.
There have been, as I’m sure, at this point, you’ve all noticed, many, many critiques of Slutwalk. For a brief, but thorough, summary, check out the Feminist Frequency’s Link Round Up: Feminist...
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'Big Tent' feminism? Sounds great. Feels a lot like the status quo.
What is it that one means when arguing for ‘Big Tent’ feminism? Inclusivity, for sure, ‘non-judgment’, perhaps, and diversity, well….maybe. While the argument for ‘Big Tent’ feminism, frequently...
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Slutwalks, sex work, and the future of feminism
If this is the future of feminism I am afraid. This is not intended to slight Jessica Valenti’s recent article in The Washington Post and this is not to say that Valenti isn’t right about the power...
View ArticleFeminism, Porn, and SlutWalk: part one of a conversation with Hugo Schwyzer
Originally posted at Hugo Schwyzer’s blog. Hugo Schwyzer is a gender studies professor at a college in Southern California, a writer, and was an organizer of Slutwalk LA. Though our opinions and...
View ArticleSlutwalk NYC: More of the same
I’ve got to be honest here. I truly believed that Slutwalk NYC was going to be different. Not different enough to lose the ‘slut’, and therefore, not different enough to convince me that this...
View ArticleSlutwalk Vancouver keeps it real
According to coverage in the Georgia Straight of Slutwalk Vancouver, this year’s event had a definitively different focus than last year’s. That is, the overt promotion of the legalization of...
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Breaking! Slutwalk is about spectacle, individual empowerment, wearing sexy...
I don’t know whether to laugh, cry, cheer, or drink a bottle of wine and have a very long nap, but this recent post on Ms. Magazine’s blog about Slutwalk LA almost left me speechless. I can’t tell if...
View ArticleIt’s not ‘slut-shaming,’ it’s woman hating
We, in feminist land, like very much to encourage folks (particularly media-type folks, as they have a pretty significant role in framing discourse) to use correct language. Or, at very least,...
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Femen was founded and is controlled by a man. Exactly zero people are surprised
Femen, aka, CLASSICAL FEMINISM IS DEAD ALSO LOOK AT OUR BOOOOOBS, turns out to have been founded and controlled by a man named Victor Svyatski. Outed by Australian film-maker Kitty Green, she says:...
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Amber Rose’s Slutwalk is the natural pinnacle of Slutwalk
Amber Rose I wrote about the first Slutwalk back in 2011. I was the first to do so, and was attacked viciously for it. Like all third wave trends, one is to blindly follow along, questioning nothing....
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We don’t need any more SlutWalks — what we need is a PrudeWalk
I am deeply ashamed to admit this, but I am a prude. I am prudish. At least, that’ s the word “sex-positive feminists” have used to describe people like me. I am so prudish that I don’t support the...
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The #AmberRoseChallenge is not challenging at all
On Friday, Amber Rose went viral after posting a near-nude photo on Instagram to promote her third annual SlutWalk. The image showed the model lounging on a staircase, wearing a black fur coat and a...
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Teaching students ‘consent is sexy’ won’t address the campus rape epidemic
Earlier this month, US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos stated that she intends to rescind Obama-era policies addressing the way Title IX should be used to adjudicate college campus sexual assault...
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