Tag Archives: objectification
Would you strip to pay your way?
TweetIn my now, three years of studying politics and practicing feminism, I can honestly say that I have not come across an issue which splits feminists so dramatically and consistently as sex work. This semester I studied ‘Sex work, theory and practice’ with a large group of other, mostly female, students. From the very first [...]
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Artie Lange makes sexist comments, Jimmy Fallon laughs, audience applauds
TweetJimmy Fallon is charming, enthusiastic, and totally non-controversial. Ask any fan or casual “Late Night” viewer, and you’ll hear things like, “Yeah, he seems like a really nice guy.” Recently, however, Fallon was also the conduit for Artie Lange (a washed-up comedian and self-identified “G-List” celebrity) to spew sexism and to promote ogling and objectifying [...]
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Ginny McQueen, cosplay strip teases, and the fetishization of female cosplayers
Tweet A SYTYCB entry (crossposted) NOTE: To “cosplay” is, essentially, to wear a costume. It’s short for “costumed play” and usually refers to people who wear costumes to nerdy conventions. Today I came across a story on Jezebel about a cosplayer who was solicited to strip at an anime convention in Las Vegas. I’ve never [...]
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How I talk about men when they’re not around
Tweet A SYTYCB entry (Edited from the original version, posted on the Continuously Fractured Life) I am obsessed with Google Reader. If you have a blog and it’s even a little bit good, chances are I subscribe to it, share it, comment on it, and maybe even audibly respond to it. Feministing is a blog [...]
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