by Bailey Shoemaker Richards H&M seems to have decided that the bodies of real women are no longer good enough for displaying their clothes, according to Jezebel. A photo from the H&M website reveals the identical (if racially diverse) bodies of swimsuit models, with the heads of real models pasted on. The most baffling part…
By Bailey Shoemaker Richards and Kaye Toal Today is boot camp for all of you 101 shoppers. This holiday season, it’s more important than ever that we tackle the stores with a critical eye, since it seems like companies are always ramping up their attempts to sexualize, demean and otherwise alienate young women shoppers. From…
The media doesn’t represent us–so we’re making our own media. We’re sick of media that shows women and girls as weak, catty, looks-obsessed, boy-crazy objects of pleasure, so the SPARKteam is joining Miss Representation in demanding media that fairly, fully, and accurately represents women. For every 1000 videos submitted, the folks at the Miss Representation campaign…
By Bailey Shoemaker Richards I love the Occupy Wall Street protests. Reading about it gets me pumped up and talkative; it’s an exciting thing. But the Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street blog on Tumblr is a different story entirely. When I first saw it, my stomach dropped. “Really?” I thought. “Really?” The problems with…