Their manifesto said: "We are tired of being oppressed by slut-shaming; of being judged by our sexuality and feeling unsafe as a result.
Thanks to the great wisdom that comes with age, I am disgusted by slut-dropping, and untroubled by the absence of anything other than third-hand reports and its inherent wild implausibility.
Maybe that the wounds inflicted by "slut" – and the culture that encourages people to define women that way – that we once hoped were superficial are just too raw and too deep.
Perhaps helped by its fond usage by men to address each other, "cunt" has actually been usurped by "slut" as the more damaging word – the latter had its own high-profile reclamation campaign in the "slutwalking" movement, borne out of riot grrrl punk, which ultimately failed thanks to the word's complexity.
By showing us what life is like without the word "slut," the obstacles created by slut-shaming are spotlighted.
Anyway, theproblemismen.com article begins by slut-shaming girls who post saucy pics online.
The documentary, currently in post-production, also features the stories of young girls driven to suicide by slut-shaming and a deeper exploration of what the word "slut" means in our society.
Curated by slut-expert and VICE writer Amelia Abraham, the evening will feature a series of anecdotal talks from noted writers and journalists, including Emily Dubberley, Sophie Heawood, Bryony Cummings, Nell Frizzell, Sara Pascoe, Sophie Wilkinson, Hayley Campbell, and Vagenda founders Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Holly Baxter.
Curated by slut-expert and VICE writer Amelia Abraham, the evening featured a series of anecdotal talks from noted writers and journalists, including Emily Dubberley, Sophie Heawood, Bryony Kimmings, Nell Frizzell, Sara Pascoe, Sophie Wilkinson, Hayley Campbell and Vagenda founders Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Holly Baxter.
"Boston Legal" lets women practice law, but mostly on their backs: in a spinoff of "The Practice," James Spader's character, Alan Shore, has morphed into a sexist, male Ally McBeal, a dissipated lecher surrounded by nuts, sluts and affirmative action abusers.
