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Tag: SEXUALIZATION
If the Grammys want to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, they have to address objectification
So long as women are objectified in the music industry, sexism will prevail.…
All I want for Christmas is an end to porn culture sold as empowerment
Love magazine’s advent calendar teaches women that being “strong” means being objectified.…
The horror of the witch hunts remains ever-present in modern culture
We are the granddaughters of the witches they weren’t able to burn.…
The impact of porn culture on girls is too big to ignore
If we were to plot events that have significantly altered the female experience, one of them would have to be the arriva…
David Hamilton’s sexual abuse has taught us a lesson we should already have learned
David Hamilton was known for his pedophilic photography that some called “art,” but was little more than sex…
Whether you like it or not, pole dancing perpetuates sexism
Since Monday, staff at the London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC) have been inundated with angry comments on their Fa…
Emily Ratajkowski & Naomi Wolf team up to sell Playboy Feminism
What could be even more provocative than an interview with a naked lady talking about the innate empowerment of self-obj…
No, letting creepy men grope your objectified body will not combat objectification
This week in nooooooope, Swiss artist, Milo Moiré, who describes herself as a “conceptual and performance artist, …
League of Exotic Dancers demonstrates limitations of female ’empowerment’
The most notable thing about League of Exotic Dancers, a Canadian documentary opening Hot Docs on Thursday night …
Celeste Barber’s ‘model’ poses show the extent to which women are expected to self-objectify
What do you look like when you’re eating in bed? A 100 pound, perfectly made up sexpot? Or this: Happy birthday #m…
The problem with pornography has little to do with ‘consent’
The image above, while enormously misogynistic, is not particularly out of the ordinary — not for female politicia…
INTERVIEW: Lindsay Kite on empowerment, body positivity, objectification, and the Internet
This interview was transcribed and then edited for clarity based on an audio interview featured on the Feminist Current …
Microsoft sexualizes teen girls during Game Developer Conference, liberal feminist confusion ensues
Surprise! Gaming is a sexist industry that pornifies women. Through a particularly hypocritical post, even for Jezebel, …
PODCAST: Empowerment and body positivity in the selfie age
These days, we hear an awful lot about “empowerment.” In an image-based culture, explicitly connected to social media, t…