I think— and this is just my opinion— that a lot of the problem is that these terms typically have very narrow definitions within the "in-spheres" and then get diluted as they get into the general public. Kind of like how "theory" means "a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on…
And yet, saying any of this will get you shouted down for "tone policing," because you become the oppressor when you try to politely remind other people that theirs is not the only valid lived experience in the world, or whatever. It's exhausting and has really taken me out of the online identity politics/social…
You can be sex positive and still be anti-porn industry. I would hope that someone who has formed a strong opinion on something would know the difference between disliking something completely and thinking that the problematic elements outweigh the positive, or that a major player is anti woman. I don't like the porn…
Good topic and some good points.
"the proliferation of "slut-shaming" has resulted in an inaccurate conflation of "being critical" and "prudishly or maliciously taking issue with female sexuality.""
It's discrediting to Rihanna to act as though she's a nothing but a sexualized object in a video of her own making, a video that that clearly celebrates her as a woman — especially since "Pour It Up" also serves as a reaction against Miley Cyrus' twerk-filled year of blatant cultural appropriation, which was marked by…
I think my biggest issue with this term, lately, is that feminists who believe that nudity in performance art is often not empowering are automatically called slut-shamers. Neither staying covered up nor letting it all hang out are final solutions to empowerment, but both are valid in their own way. And that's what a…
White people who think they're being non-racist by shouting about how gangs and teardrop tats are "Latino culture" is the new white people who think they're being non-racist by shouting about how shaking your ass is "black culture."
This article is making my femur hard.
Super awesome that they won an award for exposing themselves to mutagenic radiation for a contest. Next thing you know they'll be lauding some "artist" whack job who cut off his own ear.
So is this is hospital directors cheating radiologist husband and his coworker?
Haha, there it is. That's the jaded spirit! ^_^
B-roll footage from everyday life in the Capitol of Panem?
Wait, remind me - is she my BFF???