The more I get involved with Women's Studies my passion for activism grows. It is no longer enough for me to just read an article, blog, journal, book, etc., become infuriated about the mistreatment of girls and women (or humanity at large) and do nothing. I have been trying to take at least one action in step with each piece of news in which I find people (especially women and girls) are exploited, oppressed, or marginalized by others. Ironically, as overwhelmed as I have been in the last few months, adding this to my plate seems necessary. If all I do is study theory and then not apply the immediate application, or praxis (as I have been reading about from bell hooks) then I find myself feeling lost or at least way too passive in a world filled with obvious injustice.
With that said, I get updates from Ms. Magazine's blog and this was one that I had to share with all of you. Capitalization ans commodification of girl's and women's bodies is not new, as this blog post points out, but using stripping "techniques" to gain "likes", sell clothing, and increase traffic to the companies FB page is really inappropriate! Please read the blog and either report them to FB as they DO violate the terms of FB (the blog points out) and /or call the company and demand they stop this advertising campaign that is ultimately hurting girls.
(click the link above to read the article)
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