January 31, 2011
I really wish I hadn’t seen Kanye West’s leaked music video for his hit song Monster. I was horrified, furious, livid, angry, and sad; I actually didn’t even get through the whole video the first time I saw it. The sexualized, eroticized, fetishized violence against women and sexist and racist stereotypes is nothing other …
Filed under: Music
Tags: Jay-Z, Kanye West, misogyny, Monster, Music Industry, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Racial Stereotypes, Racism, Roc-A-Fella Records, Sexism, Universal Music Group, Violence, Violence Against Women
December 16, 2010
Below is a collection of articles that discuss the internet backlash against the two Swedish women who have accused Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks of sexual assault. These charges come just after WikiLeaks publicly released 1500 of 251,000 secret U.S. diplomatic cables to the outrage …
Filed under: Politics
Tags: Julian Assange, Mainstream Media, misogyny, News Media, Sexual Assault, Victim Blaming, WikiLeaks
April 20, 2010
Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine’s Mad World Virtual Symposium.
Advertisers are tapping into some of the most misogynistic male fantasies when they use futuristic fembots to convince men to buy their products. They are selling a fantasy of control by turning women into obedient, mute, homemaking, sex slaves.
Articles referenced in the video:
Heineken …
Filed under: Advertising
Tags: Allan Johnson, androids, Bitch Magazine, Control, fembots, Heineken, Mad World, misogyny, Patriarchy, Philips, science fiction, Svedka Vodka