{"id":4912,"date":"2011-04-19T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=4912"},"modified":"2011-04-19T09:00:40","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T08:00:40","slug":"found-feminism-slutwalk-street-protests-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2011\/04\/19\/found-feminism-slutwalk-street-protests-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Found Feminism: “SlutWalk” Street Protests in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"
An FF from our Canadian cousins across the pond. Now, for reasons that escape me, I’ve long considered Canada to be a bastion of forward thinking and at the forefront of feminist thinking.<\/p>\n
So it saddened me a little to find out that victim blaming is as rife on that side of the Atlantic as over here. Fortunately, there’s also a healthy culture of individuality and protest. Thus arose today’s Found Feminism: Toronto’s SlutWalk<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Have a look at the clip below which explains everything (well, not
everything<\/em> everything; the creation of the universe or where the
other sock went is not covered):<\/p>\n
I love inversions and subversions alike, which is why this linguistic
reclamation project is placing “slut” alongside the word
“queer” in my heart. Our very own wordsmith
Hodge<\/strong> is probably better
placed<\/a> to go into the history of the word, although my wiki-fu
tells me that Chaucer<\/strong> used it to apply to lazy men<\/a> before it became
an insult for sexually promiscuous women.<\/p>\n
Now whilst I am the first person to get all mumsy and worry over
scantily clad people gadding about, I will fight to defend their
right to do so without being blamed if they are harrassed or
assaulted. Because that is absurd and I’m not going to go into
it here – let’s focus on the positive.<\/p>\n
And the positive action.<\/p>\n
There’s a UK-based sister group planning a SlutWalk in
Birmingham (Facebook page is here<\/a>) so sign
up, click “like” or even get your boob tube out and go
for a walk in Brum. I may well see you there!<\/p>\n
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