Objectify This

Hat tip to Bust for their coverage of this well-heeled event in their August/September issue: there’s a a new annual parage of feminist men who strut their stuff and walk the walk, literally.
The “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,” which bills itself as an “International Men’s March Against Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender Violence” — [...]

I’ve been listening to the London-based Simian Mobile Disco, a music production team who call themselves “Electro/ Psychadelic/ Alternative” on their Myspace page. They are composed of two guys named James (foreground, left) and claim to sound like “good, old-fashioned, analogue party music” (as their wacky Brit-ball spelling has it).
Specifically, I’ve been listening to their [...]

The New York Times recently reported that yet another rapist is being let off of the hook - as the majority are. Nearly 95% of men standing trial for rape in the United States and the United Kingdom are cleared of all charges, which is a shocking number considering the social, personal and political [...]

Biological anthropology, which, according to Pulitzer-Prize winning feminist, biologist and journalist Natalie Angier, started out as an attempt to make a ’science’ out of  objectifying women (mainly by conflating culturally determined elements of attractiveness with the work of evolution).
Such research incites dispute because it supports oppressive cultural standards of beauty with pseudoscience, and thus presents [...]

Back in the day, in 1776, when our Founding Father and future second president John Quincy Adams was helping to draft the constitution, his wife, (Founding Mother?), Abigail Adams, asked him to “Remember the ladies” in that august document. He replied, in a letter, “Depend upon it, We know better than to repeal our Masculine [...]

So Lena Chen. Here’s a refresher course. She’s a sexblogger from Harvard who tells stories about her sexploits, with strategically placed psuedonyms and (presumably) enough privacy to retain her sanity and, oh yeah, sell some advertising.
Recently, some trouble was roused when her vindictive ex published naked pictures of her on the internet, thus ruining [...]

So, I’m a girl. I know this may come as a shock. But don’t worry, I’ve had my cooties shots.
Chances are, there are some other girls in your life. If so, you might care to hear about this article published in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience by Associate Professor Maryjane Wraga of the Psychology department [...]

Hat tip to Broadsheet for this inspiring story of how Nordic artist Morten Traavik uses beauty pageants to subvert modern standards of beauty. In a country where 23 years of civil war has left 80,000 people disabled, Angolan society objectifies survivors of violence as passive victims and dismisses them as useless to society. Although the inclusion [...]

I went to a dinner party a while ago, and it was really nice. I was camoflaged in adult clothes, and standing around with adults, chatting, and this child ran through. The child hesitated on the edge of our circle of tall obstacles, and then darted into the middle and out the other side. The [...]

Following Dove’s “Evolution” campaign, they’ve come out with this new ad that points to the effects of the objectification of women on the self-esteem of girls and women. (Hat tip to Cathy for the link.) Interestingly, they call attention to the fact that the style of

Ok, so it’s a crazy time of year. I have four papers this weekend, and a thesis, and I’m applying for fellowships for next year. But I want to keep you posted about the amazing/horrific things out there. So, here’re some interesting links I’ve come across in my few minutes of procrastination:
- Runways Fade To [...]

Right, so I’ve been going on about agency for months, and I’ve never talked about the important of being active in your own life. I took this amazing class called Fashion Matters, which actually got specifically made fun of by name by some of my friends in one of our on-campus publications for its prissy [...]

The egregious facts of the Megan Williams case must be an embarrassment to most Americans, because that’s the only lame excuse I can think of to explain why, as $3.60 points out, this is taking a backseat to Vanessa Hudgens in the nude.

This summer, I attended the Randall’s Island, New York rendition of Rock The Bells. It was raining and cold, and my umbrella was confiscated as I entered the eight hour festival because it could be potentially used as a weapon - (another victory for the enemies of freedom and justice) Needless to say, the shows [...]

In her track “Work It,” Missy Elliot offers a wise approach to the objectification-heavy world of commercial hip hop: “I’m not a prostitute, but I can give you what you want.”
The hit single “Work It” both employs the blatant objectification of women (with images, in the video, of women bending over in hootchie shorts to [...]