The phrase “slut shaming” often pops up in social media and magazine article commentary. What does this mean and how is it applied to women? And why is it only applied to women and not men, when guys are having just as much sexual interaction?
Tag: body image
Burnbook: New App, Old Concept, Changing Rules.
Many high schools across the country are dealing with bullying and fall-outs from the new app, Burnbook. While anything in the latest app-form seems cutting edge, the idea of the “Burn” or “Slam” book has been around for as long as composition note books and pencils (note: even before the movie Mean Girls, 80’s YA novels dealt a heavy-handed lesson when it came to anonymous bullying.) Burnbook, however- an app that lets users target and attack specific people with name-calling, public shaming, and even violent threats- is slightly different in today’s ever-shrinking, all-too-public world, thanks to the viral capacity of social networking. What was once “name-calling” on the playground has evolved into a tweet or comment that can reach thousands of followers in just minutes, and the results can be long-lasting, deeply damaging, and even deadly.
Teenage Girls and the Redefinition of ***Flawless
A recent article in New York Times Magazine explored the changing concept of the word “flaw,” or rather, its more contemporary counterpart, “flawless.”
In no small measure, thanks to feminist icons like Beyonce and Lady Gaga, a curious thing is happening to the meaning of “flawless” – a word meaning “perfect” is evolving before our eyes to mean “different,” “unique,” and, at its core, “imperfectly beautiful.”
What does this mean when you take a deep breath and look in the mirror, often scrutinizing the parts of your body you’d like to change?
10 Quick Rules To Live By If You Don’t Feel Like Following A Whole Blog About It
Just in case karma is real..
Yeah-yeah: cut to the chase..
While I’d love for you to follow this blog pretty regularly, or at least peek at us on Twitter and Facebook from time to time, I’d rather you get down to these 10 easy ways to maximize your life off the bat– starting— *now!*
The What and The Who.
What do you see when you in the mirror? A glossy mop of hair (maybe a mess right now); a row of (kinda) pearly teeth (snaggles are super cute); penetrating eyes blinking back at you (where are my contacts!?)
So often we spend time looking at The What. But what about…’The Who’?
Petal + Sass 