It’s also incredibly heartbreaking to know that sexual violence, victim blaming, and slut-shaming are this universal.” I always try to express the sentiment that it’s absolutely amazing to see this kind of ground up, grassroots activism. Within the first six months about 100 other cities were planning events. “For me, the first two years after were just surreal. “I think what’s interesting to me is that this event in particular and all of the attention it’s getting is another wave of excitement,” says SlutWalk founder Jarvis. Rose was inspired by an Instagram post of a woman in pasties-with “Still Not Asking For It” written across her chest-to throw her own SlutWalk in Los Angeles-part protest, part fundraiser, part celebration. I had naively thought, ‘Who the hell uses that word anymore?’ I figured I was in a position to make a stink, and the other co-founder was just as passionate about taking a stand, so we banded together.” “I hadn't heard the word in a while and its use was a bit of a shock. “When the story hit and the word 'slut' was being used by someone purportedly to teach about safety, it was a big sting,” says Barnett. The brainchild of Heather Jarvis and Sonya JF Barnett, the SlutWalk came to fruition to fight sexual violence after a Toronto police officer suggested that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized” after a slew of rapes were reported on York University’s campus. ![]() The phenomenon of SlutWalks, protests against slut-shaming, sexual double standards, and victim blaming, began in 2011 in Toronto. In fact, it is the impetus for this weekend’s event. It seems like a lot of the guys who thought she was hot when she was ‘just’ Kanye's boo are now appalled at the idea that she wants to be appreciated for her looks and respected at the same time.” “I think she's a great person to speak up about the ways we punish women for being decidedly sexual. ![]() “Amber Rose has been victimized by sexism in a very public way since she was introduced to the world via her relationship with Kanye West,” says Jamilah Lemieux, a culture critic and senior editor at Ebony. Which begs the question, why you mad? Is it her candid admission to being a teenaged stripper? Is it her long-term relationships with famous men like Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa? Is it the litany of other celebrity men she’s been linked to via unsubstantiated rumors in the media? Or is it simply that she’s demonstrated on social media an unabashed pride in her body and its ability to seduce and titillate-all while being someone’s mother? More recently, accusations have turned to that of bad mother and bad role model. From her first foray into public life-on West’s arm-she has been branded by gossip bloggers and social media pundits as everything from whore to slut to gold digger. If anyone knows what the burden of slut-shaming is like, it’s Amber Rose. At at each turn, in what many would characterize as a meteoric ascent to fame and fortune, Rose has been met with epithets and ugliness. And she’s a mother-to her son, Sebastian, with her estranged husband Wiz Khalifa, who courted her shortly after West. After their breakup in 2010, she continued to expand her career, jumping into being a successful model, an author (Her memoir/self-help book, How to Be a Bad Bitch, drops later this month) and a B-Movie actress. In 2008, she became Kanye West’s girlfriend and muse. The 31-year-old South Philly native went from supporting her family off stripping at age 15 to becoming a relatively unknown video model. women who, like men labeled simply “men,” enjoy having sex). But if anyone is going to be understanding that I'm late for her interview because I'm on a walk of (no) shame, it's Amber Rose.Īfter all, Rose has in recent years acquired the label of the baddest bitch in America and a reluctant role model for sluts (a.k.a. when I find out, after much back and forth, that Amber Rose has agreed to let me trail her for the days leading up to her SlutWalk, a protest and day of events for the eradication of victim-blaming and support of sexual assault and abuse survivors that Rose is holding in Downtown Los Angeles this weekend. I was looking forward to a quick blunt and some pancakes but now I have to be showered, dressed, and in Burbank in an hour. ![]() Somewhere in West Hollywood, I’m searching for my gray lace thong in the bed of a dude who, prior to last night, I knew only from the internet.
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