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Flarf You, Ethnic Slurs: "Corrosive, Cute, or Cloying Awfulness."
According to Micheal Magee, “Poems are, like, total bullshit unless they are/squid or popsicles or deer piled/on elk in the trunk of David Hasselhoff’s/cutlass Sierra.” That’s pretty much the spirit of the first poetry movement of the 21st century: semi-dadist riffing with Googleian specifics. It’s an interesting metaphor for modern consciousness– globalization has brought the [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2009 under agency, art, feminist, globalization, identity, identity politics, insult, poetry, politically correct, politics, pop culture, popular culture, postmodern, repression, slur.
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Figure It Out: The Truth about the Perfect Body
Are women’s magazines bad for women? It might seem like a stupid question. But when, as the New York Times reports, a University of Missouri study “found that looking at women’s magazines for 1-3 minutes had a negative impact on women’s self esteem. So imagine what happens if we’re bombarded by these images every day.” [...]
Posted: March 18th, 2009 under Female Sexuality, Media, Self Objectification, advertisement, advertising, agency, airbrushing, beauty, bodies, body image, gender, internalized oppression, make up, makeup, mass-produced, materialism, mental health, model, objectification, physical health, physical perfection, politics, popular culture, power, power dynamic, power structure, racism, reality, self, self acceptance, self image, self-esteem, self-loathing, sex, sexuality.
Tags: ads, advertising, advertizing, airbrushing, beauty, body image, france, health, keats, magazines, mental health, physical health, power, reality, retouching, self-esteem, steroids, truth, ugliness
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Jane Doe Wants YOU to Join the Fight Against Rape Culture
In the past, women who experienced rape or sexual assault were faced with the immediate decision of whether or not to prosecute, even as they still reeled from the trauma of violation, which is often manifested as post-traumatic stress disorder. This was necessary because any action such a woman took following her rape, such as [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2008 under agency, military, police report, popular culture, posttraumatic stress disorder, prosecution, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, sense of self, sexual abuse, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, sexual inequality, sexual objectification, sexual violence.
Tags: administration, agency, Bush, culture, DNA, domestic violence, evidence, harassment, injustice, military, patriarchy, pentagon, posttraumatic stress disorder, prosecution, rape, rape culture, rape kit, sexual, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, survivor, trial, u.s., victim
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'It's Not Rape if She Blinks Twice for Yes' and Other Phallacies of Rape Culture
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 consequences [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2008 under Attack, Female Sexuality, Misogyny, Research, Sex Roles, alcohol, chauvinism, chauvinist, consent, constitution, constitutional, court, cultural bias, cultural criticism, culture, definitions, degradation, democracy, discrimination, disempowerment, disrespect, domestic violence, equality, exploitation, exploitative, feminine, femininity, feminism, feminist, feminist theory, feminists, fuck, fucking, gang rape, gender, gender culture, gender disparity, gender dynamics, gender equality, gender power, gender role, gender roles, gender socialization, gender theory, gender violence, genitalia, genitals, government, human dignity, human rights, humanism, humanist, humanity, identity politics, inequality, injury, injustice, institution, intercourse, international women's day, justice, legal, legal definition, male perspective, male sexuality, maleness, males, masculine systems, men, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, morality, object, objectification, objectification of women, partner abuse, partner violence, physical power, pop culture, popular culture, power, power dynamic, power structure, propaganda, punishable offense, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, rapper, respect, science, science and gender, self image, self-esteem, sex, sex object, sex partner, sex research, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual activity, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual exploitation, sexual inequality, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexual relations, sexual subordination, sexual violence, sexuality, social class, social inequality, socialization, society, survivor, vagina, violation, violence, violence against women, women, women's health, women's liberation, women's rights, women's studies.
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