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You want to “reclaim” the word slut? To mean what? How can you reclaim something you never had in the first place?
Reappropriating/reclaiming “slut” is not the goal of SlutWalk - ending victim-blaming and slut-shaming is. Reappropriation is one of many viable tactics; a means to an end. We want to reappropriate “slut” as a positive term for a person of any gender who has and enjoys frequent sex, especially with multiple partners. Reappropriating “slut” serves three primary functions: it takes away the word’s power to do harm as a pejorative (one of the best ways to fight hate is to embrace and disarm the words employed by the haters); provides a sex-positive term for women, few of which exist (like “stud” is for men - many women find that reclaiming “slut” gives them a voice that they have lacked in similar movements); and allows “sluts” to identify as part of a cohesive group for political representation. A list of examples of reappropriated words can be found here. Reappropriation is not the only way to fight oppression. It isn’t even the best way. We don’t claim it is. SlutWalk would fail without the invaluable contributions of other protests like Take Back the Night, as well as education and legal reform. Not all women will want to reclaim “slut” for themselves, but we hope they will support their sisters who do. As with any reappropriated word, you should never use “slut” without explicit permission from the subject first, and that permission can be revoked at any time.
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This is what I do with my kids/clients. I should follow my own advice though.
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Flier on our campus.
Alex and I have feelings.
What they said.
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A few of my favorite Take Back The Night chants
- Sexist, racist, anti-queer/ You won’t make us live in fear
- Sexist, racist, anti-gay/ Don’t you take our night away
- I have no fear, no shame, no time/ My beauty is whole, my body is mine
- Survivors unite/Take back the night
- Yes means yes/No means no/ Whatever we wear/Wherever we go
- Stop the violence/End the silence
and my personal favorite:
- Bitch, slut, dyke, whore/We won’t take it anymore
the principal at my school made an announcement yesterday that the girls need to start covering up and then i found this in the hallway
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[Trigger Warning: Rape, Rape Culture]
Pentagon Study Finds 26,000 Military Sexual Assaults Last Year, Over 70 Sex Crimes Per Day
A shocking new report by the Pentagon has found that 70 sexual assaults may be taking place within the U.S. military every day. The report estimates there were 26,000 sex crimes committed in 2012, a jump of 37 percent since 2010. Most of the incidents were never reported. The findings were released two days after the head of the Air Force’s sexual assault prevention unit, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, was arrested for sexual assault.
We air highlights from Tuesday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on military sexual assault and speak with Anu Bhagwati, executive director and co-founder of Service Women’s Action Network. “The numbers are outrageous, and I think we’ve reached a tipping point,” Bhagwati says. “The American public is furious.”
Anuradha Bhagwati, executive director and co-founder of Service Women’s Action Network, or SWAN. A former captain and company commander, she served as a Marine officer from 1999-2004. Bhagwati testified in March at the first Senate hearing on military sexual violence in nearly 10 years.
(via thisisrapeculture)
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It’s official. We have a date with you! Get ready to gather, march (stomp, shout and strut) and then rally on August 25th. Meet at Occidental Park, we begin marching at 12:00 pm along 4th Ave to Westlake Center. Please make a donation today. Speech is free, but it does cost to put this event on. Show your support!
