Slutwalks

A Slut Manifesto

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 05.09.2012

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Soraya Chemaly

Every woman, even one simply speaking intelligently in her own interest, is a potential slut. A slut is also any woman who wants to control her reproduction, build a life, earn a living of her own, dress how she wants, and take care of her health and her family.

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Strutting our Stuff: Sexual Power or Real Power?

Birute Regine | Posted 04.27.2012

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Birute Regine

When I'm watching the Academy Awards this Sunday, there are two categories I'll be paying attention to: sexual power and real power. And the winner is?

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7 Ways To Change How We Think About Rape

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Rape Myths, Rape Prevention Tips, Violence Against Women, Rape Culture, Sexual Abuse of Children, Definition of Rape, Feminism, Men Can Stop Rape, Fbi, Slutwalks, Women News
Soraya Chemaly

We ignore, debate, glamorize and debunk real rape instead of challenging the culture that makes it endemic. As significant as the FBI decision is, it will not dismantle this culture.

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Both Sides Now: Does 99% = a 2012 Majority? A Drone Proliferation Treaty?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 10.09.2011

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HuffPost Radio

2010-06-28-bothsides_pull.jpg "We're the 99%" has helped shift media and public attention back to inequality and jobs. Matalin and Rosen debate whether it's more a hippie flash mob or Paris '68... and will the killing of al-Awlaki mean more Drones by more nations? Then: Slutwalks.

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Getting Past The Word 'Slut'

Desiree Moodie | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Slut, Slutwalk, Slutwalks, Sexual Violence, Slut Walk Black Women, Black Women Sexual Violence, Black Voices News
Desiree Moodie

I feel the need to say this because the voices of a few from the "community" so easily get taken for the voices of all. For all the time black people spend trying to convince everyone else that we are not a monolith, we need to remind ourselves of that as well.

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Topless Women at SlutWalk Demand Respect: Is This the Right Tactic?

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 12.05.2011

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Leora Tanenbaum

For at least a decade, women angry about the sexual double standard have tried to wrest control of the "slut" label. Is the time ripe to appropriate "slut"? Forgive me, sisters: I don't think so.

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SlutWalks Galvanize Campuses

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 12.05.2011

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It's been six months since the first "SlutWalk" stormed the University of Toronto, and neither the excitement nor the criticism shows any signs of dwi...

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Dear Feminists, Will You Also Be Marching In N***erwalk? Because I Won't.

Keli Goff | Posted 12.03.2011

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Keli Goff

You can't "reclaim" a word defined by a predominant group in power unless you are a part of that group. Just ask all of those people on a mission to "reclaim" the N-word for black Americans or the F-word for gay Americans.

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Why You Should Take Your Teenager on a SlutWalk

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 12.01.2011

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Soraya Chemaly

If going on a SlutWalk is what it takes to expose my children to women and men who are thinking about double standards and marching for equality, then I'll go in six-inch heels.

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An Open Letter from Black Women to SlutWalk Organizers

Susan Brison | Posted 09.27.2011

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Susan Brison

We are deeply concerned. As Black women and girls we find no space in SlutWalk, no space for participation and to unequivocally denounce rape and sexual assault as we have experienced it.

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SlutWalk in Philly and WorldWide: Long Overdue Focus on the Blame and Shame of Women

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Rape, Slutwalk, Slutwalks, Blame and Shame of Women, Women's Empowerment, Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, Philly Slutwalk, Sexual Harassment, Slutwalk Philly, Slutwalk Movement, Sexual Assault, Women News
SaraKay Smullens

All of my professional life, I have spoken out against the shame and blame women have endured for centuries. These young people have found a way to join together and force a new generation to begin to listen in necessary new ways.

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It's Not About the V; Let's Hail the Feminine

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Women, Worshiping the Feminine, Differences as Strengths, The Feminine Aspect, Summers Eve, Slutwalks, Rebecca Traister, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

All of the hullaballoo about Summers Eve's latest ad campaign (you know, the one that hails the "V"? Ironic, when you consider that the product for wh...

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Ladies, We Have a Problem

New York Times Magazine | Posted 09.20.2011

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I wanted to love SlutWalks, the viral protest movement that began this spring after a Toronto police officer told a group of college women that if the...

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Laura Stampler

SlutWalks: Coming To A City Near You

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Stampler | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Toronto, Women's Empowerment, Women, Rape, Women's Issues, Victim Blaming, Facebook, Sexual Assault, Slutwalk, Slut Walks, Slutwalks, Impact News

Toronto police constable Michael Sanguinetti thought he was offering the key to rape prevention. "I'm not supposed to say this," he told a group of st...

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