Tag Archives: pornification
Quote of the day: against pornification
In the end it is just the same old bullshit wrapped up in different packaging. There is nothing for women to celebrate in the pornification of our culture because ultimately all it does is reinforce the notion that a womans … Continue reading
Filed under Feminism
The ordinary girl
I’m going to say it: Jessica Watson isn’t so extraordinary. Okay, so maybe a little. The whole globe-circumnavigation-solo thing is completely amazing, but as someone to whom a trip to the Western suburbs counts as exploring, I can’t even really … Continue reading
Quick hit: vulva chic
I wrote this post a while back about labiaplasty and the pressure to for perfection to extend even to one’s nether regions. Well, here’s a fascinating article which pretty much confirms what I’d suspected: the men promoting and performing this … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image/Fat Acceptance, Feminism
Shouting out loud
I don’t want my kid to grow up in a culture so pornified that tweens are buying adult-style lingerie and wearing it as outer wear. I’m angry that when I went to buy my two year old daughter jeans at … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image/Fat Acceptance, Feminism, Motherhood and Parenting
An unkind cut
The Guardian newspaper ran an article in November about the alarming rise in labiaplasty. I had read that anecdotally, requests for cosmetic surgery to correct ‘problems’ with one’s vulva have increased exponentially in tandem with the pornification of our culture – the … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image/Fat Acceptance, Feminism
