tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447744749569654437.post3226124650472659810..comments2023-03-25T02:26:56.721-07:00Comments on Not Your Average Feminist: To Slut Walk, or not to Slut Walk?...That is the question.Travishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954034843501064750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447744749569654437.post-83650624235066593582011-12-25T22:06:35.249-08:002011-12-25T22:06:35.249-08:00I'm so glad you make this post! I feel like so...I'm so glad you make this post! I feel like so many people are jumping on the SlutWalk bandwagon because, well... Making signs and dressing "slutty" is a lot more fun than say, lobbying for better education of police officers or changes in how rape cases are legally handled. In all honesty, these walks are doing nothing to really educate people. If anything, I see more people laughing at the idea of them than taking them seriously. The majority of the people who are into them aren't really aware of what feminism is; Feminism is hardly ever mentioned in SlutWalk, like the idea of attaching big, bad feminism would make it uncool. Not to mention the name itself only REINFORCES the idea of what a slut is. Why not celebrate an individuals sexuality for being totally normal than assigning a negative connotation to it? I don't think it's ever been okay for people of color to call each other "niggers", just as I don't think a word meant to demean and dehumanize us is ours to take back! Sure, in a perfect society, it'd all work out and in 10 years slut would simply be a name for a woman who enjoys sex. But this is not a perfect society and I believe the problem will not be solved simply from protests and marches. Not to mention the fact people of color have hardly had any place in this: blackwomensblueprint.com/index.php/an-open-letter-from-black-women-to-the-slutwalk/<br /><br />Sorry for the rant, however I think SlutWalk's heart is in the right place, but it seems to be more of a blind, belligerent rage than an effective, systematic approach to ending victim blaming, ya know?Samantha Solmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03322878056023264205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447744749569654437.post-62427552313086111082011-09-25T14:25:47.178-07:002011-09-25T14:25:47.178-07:00It might be that they seem a little smug about bei...It might be that they seem a little smug about being feminists. Mainly, it's in those gestures they make, like the *shrugs* that say 'yeah, I'm pretty awesome.' <br /><br />It does feel vaguely fake, but not for everyone in the video.djsonypurplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345095570079479220noreply@blogger.com