FROM THE ARCHIVES: As part of Women’s History Month, we’re looking back on some of our favorite, still-relevant SPARK blogs. About this particular piece, originally published in April 2011, Cam says: I wrote this post because I thought that if females continued using the word “slut,” it would enable men to use it in trying to…
by Camilla Ostrow Just so every avid defender of Kanye West knows, the following content is in no way to be interpreted as offensive towards Kanye West. It is an art piece and shall be taken as such. Kanye West released the final version of his Monster video this month, parts of which had been…
by Camilla Ostrow On January 24, 2011, a representative from the Toronto police department stated that, “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.” Well, yeah, that makes sense. And I say, why stop there? Black people should avoid looking so black so as not to be labeled as criminals. Also,…
by Camilla Ostrow Let me just begin by saying: J. Crew. Ohhhhh, J. Crew. If you only knew the controversy your innocent little ad would create, then I would gander to guess that well… ya would’ve just used some nail polish remover. I know, I know, this story has pretty much been beaten to death…
by Camilla Ostrow If you’re like me, then you know what it’s like to be called a “slut.” And if you’re really like me, you knew what it was like to be called a slut in the seventh grade before either you or the big-fat-bully calling you slut even knew the definition of the word. …