Read I Am Not a Slut: Slut-Shaming in the Age of the Internet Online
Authors: Leora Tanenbaum
comfortable, 155, 157
curvier girls and, 152
fast fashion, 147
parents and, 331–33
school and, 145, 148–55, 158–59
sexually provocative, 142, 145–59, 172, 191, 241, 280, 281, 284–85, 302, 324, 331–33, 340
yoga pants, 156–57
coercion, 115, 244–53, 256
normalization of, 260
see also
consent
college campuses:
drinking and, 263–64, 265, 269
rape and, 258–63, 311–13
Columbia University, 39–40
Common Sense Media, 111
“community property,” 243, 244
competitiveness, 23, 133, 136–38, 139
condoms, 219–20, 223–24, 227
Conley, Terri, 79–83
consent, 244–53, 279–80, 306
intoxication and, 265–66
and “nonconsensual sex” as synonym for rape, 259
parent-child discussions about, 334
sexual assault vs. ambiguous sex, 253–58
contraceptives, xx, 194, 222–27
condoms, 219–20, 223–24, 227
Fluke and, 38–39, 222–23
Jackie’s story and, 16
Cooper, Anderson, 314
Cooper, Brittney, 293–94
Cott, Nancy, 9
Crane, Shabiki, 10
Creepshots, 113
Crispin, Jessica, 36
Crunk Feminist Collective,
293
Curtin, Jane, 34–35
Cyrus, Miley, vii, x
Daily Beast,
321
Daily News,
307
Dartmouth College, 260–61
de Blasio, Bill, 158
Degutis, Linda, 244–45
Dickens, Charles, 30–31
dick pics, 162, 165–71
Dilemmas of Desire: Teenage Girls Talk about Sexuality
(Tolman), 185
discipline, 115
self-, 115, 116, 120
Dombey and Son
(Dickens), 30–31
Doody, Justin, 135–36
dos and don’ts for parents, 327–37
“drama,” 69–71
drinking and being drunk, 241, 243, 251, 252, 339–40
college life and, 263–64, 265, 269
hooking up and, 142, 173–91
parents and, 330–31
rape and, 245, 254–55, 256, 263–77
drugs, xx, 193, 207–8, 209
rape and, 263–64, 265
duck face, 127–28, 132
Duke University, 60
Duncan, Arne, 311
Easton, Dossie, 36
Easy A,
196–98
eating disorders, xx, 193, 205–7, 209, 320
Ehmke, Rachel, 37–38, 235
Eminem, 262–63
End of Men and the Rise of Women, The
(Rosin), 175
End of Sex, The
(Freitas), 144
End Violence Against Women International, 249
Engeln, Renee, 56
England, Paula, 187
Engle, Melanie, 118
Ensler, Eve, 78
envy, 66, 92–94
Equality Now, 324
Ethical Slut, The
(Easton and Hardy), 36
Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative
(Butler), 297–98
Facebook, xvi, 2, 23, 40, 59, 64, 73, 74, 78, 109, 111, 114, 120, 123–24, 126–27, 129–30, 132, 140, 254, 272
creation of, 133–34
photos on, 125, 129–32, 134–38, 164, 235, 236
self-sexualization on, 108–9
“slut” greeting used on, 108
smut list group on, 76–77
Facemash, 133–35
family unit, 8–9
Faris, Robert, 68
FBomb,
22, 121, 132–33
Feldt, Gloria, 220–21
fellatio,
see
oral sex
Femen, 284
femininity, 32, 33, 53–61, 65, 68, 99, 105, 110, 111, 113, 115–16, 121, 122, 125, 133, 137, 144
beauty and,
see
beauty
social media and, 125, 126
feminism, feminists, 54–55, 143, 146, 195, 201, 202, 242, 280, 283–87, 292, 297, 302–4, 320
Riot Grrrl, 35, 201, 281
slut-shaming by, 303–4
white, 293
Feminist Press, 324
Fey, Tina, viii, 24–25
Fielding, Henry, 30
Flack, William F., Jr., 190, 245–46
Flickr, 113
Fluke, Sandra, 38–39, 222–23
football players, 261, 264, 273–74
Forever 21, 147
Formspring, 73–74, 235, 237
Foster, Frances Smith, 32, 33
Foucault, Michel, 114–15
Freitas, Donna, 144, 184
Friedman, Jaclyn, 297, 303
Garcia, Felicia, 38, 236
Garcia, Justin R., 187
gay-bashing, 234
Geller, Jaclyn, 9, 57
gender orientation and identity, 10–11, 287
bisexuality, 11, 55, 98, 216
lesbianism, 10–11, 97–98, 206, 266–68
Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law,
164
Gill, Rosalind, 119, 120
Girl Coalition, 324–26
Goddard, Alexandria, 303–4
Gong, LiJia, 163–64, 165
Good Morning America,
308
“good slut,” 4, 5, 6–11, 24, 28–29, 41–42, 51–52, 54, 58, 61, 111, 113, 120, 137, 253, 286
white privilege and, 291
“good slut” containment strategies, 141–92
hooking up while drunk, 142, 173–91
sending sexual texts, photos, and videos, 142, 159–73, 191, 330, 340
wearing sexy clothes, 142, 145–59, 172, 191
Green, Laci, 317
Grimes, Andrea, 229–30
Guttmacher Institute, 54, 174, 225, 228, 230
hailing, 112–13
H&M, 147
Hanlin, Jane, 276
Hanlon, Phil, 260
Hanna, Kathleen, 35, 42, 281
Hardwicke Marriage Act, 9
Hardy, Janet, 36
Hatfield, Elaine, 81–82
health care providers, 220
Heldman, Caroline, 174, 246
Here Comes the Bride
(Geller), 9, 57
Hill, Anita, 35
hip-hop and rap, 262, 299
Hlavka, Heather, 240–41
Hoccleve, Thomas, 29–30
“ho,” “whore,” xi, xiv, xv, 1, 18, 21, 24, 25, 34, 37, 289–91, 319
Hoffman, Alina, 163–64, 165
Hoffman, Claire, 133–34
Hollaback!, 306, 308, 309, 314
hooking up, 173–83, 214–15
defining, 174
drinking and, 142, 173–91
insecurity and, 182–83
oral sex and, 187–89
orgasm and, 187
racial reasons for, 180–81
sexual assault and, 189–90
Hoover, Hayley G., 317–18
Horace Mann School, 159–60
How to Make Love Like a Porn Star
(Jameson), 117
Hoyt, Dan, 307
Huckabee, Mike, 223
Huffington Post,
290
image control, 21–22, 126
Imus, Don, 37
insecurity, 23
hookup culture and, 182–83
Instagram, vii–viii, 2, 40, 59, 109, 114, 260, 272, 274
Internet, x, xi, xiv, 2, 3, 71–72, 120, 122–23, 124
activism on, 306–18
parents and, 335
see also
social media
interpellation, 112–13
It Was Rape
, 277
see also
Baumgardner, Jennifer
Jacobs, Harriet, 9–10
Jameson, Jenna, 117
Jarvis, Heather, 280
Jay-Z, 319
jealousy, 66, 92–94
Jersey Shore,
37
Judgebook, 134–35
Justice, 147
Keeping Up with the Kardashians,
viii
Kennedy, Randall, 299, 300, 302
“Kill You,” 262–63
Kinsey Institute, 187, 212
Klout, 124
Koenig, Ravenna, 39
Kuan, Anni, 158
Kubon, Nicole, 183, 292
Lackaff, Derek, 128–29
Landsburg, Steven, 222–23
Laney, Jessica, 38, 237
Latimer, Anna, 175–76
Leaper, Campbell, 178
Lennon, John, 293
lesbians, 10–11, 97–98, 206, 266–68
Levy, Ariel, 274, 275, 276–77, 304
“LGBT,” 287
Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
(Turkle), 122–23
Limbaugh, Rush, 38–39, 40, 222
liposuction, 119
Lisak, David, 256, 257
Little F’d Up, A
(Zeilinger), 127, 176, 177
Logan, Jessica, 37, 234–35
Lohan, Lindsay, vii–viii
Lonsway, Kimberly, 248–49
Los Angeles Times,
75, 117, 261
Losse, Katherine, 124, 125, 134–35
Luther, Jessica, 261
Lyles, Raediah, 300–301
MacLeod, Sarah Sloan, 313–15
Madonna, 77
Marcotte, Amanda, 130–32, 146
marriage, 8–9, 57, 178
Marwick, Alice, 69, 70
masculinity, 99, 102, 105, 115–16
May, Emily, 307–9
Mays, Trent, 273–77
McCray, Chirlane, 158
McDevitt, Jill, 20
McInerney, Meg, 7, 51, 52–53, 191, 319, 321, 324, 325
McKinley, James C., Jr., 249
Meacham, Andrew, 232
Mean Girls,
24–25
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen
(Shulman), 283
Men and Feminism
(Tarrant), 114
Middleton, Kate, 57
Millburn High, 76
Miller v. Skumanick,
164
Minaj, Nicki, 252
Molina, Gabrielle, 38, 237
Moralez, Cherice, 250
Moritz, Jacques, 220, 221
motherhood, 116
Mourey, Jenna (Jenna Marbles), 40, 250–53, 315–18
MTV, 160
Murnen, Sarah, 148
music, 262–63
hip-hop and rap, 262, 299
MySpace, 71, 125, 127, 164
Nass, Clifford, 126, 136
Nation,
151–52
National College Athletic Association (NCAA), 261
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 244
National Organization for Women, 292
Nelly, 262
New York
Daily News,
307
New Yorker,
122, 243, 274, 304
New York Post,
118, 321
New York Times,
xiii, 35, 39, 40, 56, 60, 69, 73, 117, 131, 177, 184, 188, 190, 210, 249, 273
Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
(Kennedy), 299
Nguyen, Thao, 306–7
1984
(Orwell), 115
“N” word, 290, 293, 294, 299–302
N Word, The: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn’t, and Why
(Asim), 299
NYPD, 282–83
Obama, Barack, 38, 39
Occidental College, 174, 246
Olweus, Dan, 67–68
Online College Social Life Survey, 175, 187
Ono, Yoko, 293
oral sex, 187–89, 246
forced, 240–41, 247–48, 264
in sexual history, 211–12
orgasm, 187
Orwell, George, 115
otherness, 66, 89–92
Our Bodies, Ourselves
(Boston Women’s Health Book Collective), 161
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
(Cline), 147
panopticon, 114–15, 120
parents, dos and don’ts for, 327–37
Parsons, Rehtaeh, 38, 237, 272–73
parties, slut-themed, 37, 144–45
penis photographs, 162, 165–71
Pepys, Samuel, 31
Pew Research Center, 160
Photobucket, 164
photographs, 114, 125–38, 164
dick pics, 162, 165–71
duck face in, 127–28, 132
on Facebook, 125, 129–32, 134–38, 164, 235, 236
selfies, 126
Snapchat, 114, 163, 169
unflattering, 136
sexually suggestive, sending, 142, 159–73, 191
Piedmont High School, 78
Pikinis, 77
Pilkington, Alexis, 37, 74, 235
Pimps and Hos parties, 37, 144–45
Piskorski, Mikolaj, 125–26
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 220, 226
plastic surgery, 118–19
polyamory, 36
pornography:
aesthetic of, 116–18
child, laws on, 163–64
Pott, Audrie, 38, 235–36, 272–73
power, 112–13
pregnancy, xviii, xx, 225–31, 271–72
abortion and,
see
abortion
Jackie’s story and, 15, 16
from rape, 249
Press, Joy, 35
Prince, Phoebe, 37, 233–34
Prince Akeem, 320–21
privacy, 123, 242
“prostitute,” 34
Limbaugh’s use of, 38–39, 222
“prude,” 53, 54, 102–4, 111, 256, 294
prude/slut contradiction, 18–22, 52, 172, 198
Pryor, Richard, 299
Putin, Vladimir, 284
Quan, Tracy, 117
“queer,” 287–88
Rambold, Stacey Dean, 250
Ramsey, Franchesca, 315–17, 335
rap and hip-hop, 262, 299
rape, 33, 201–2, 239–77
agency and, 247–49
ambiguous sex vs., 253–58
Cleveland case of, 249–50
coercion and consent in, 244–58
on college campuses, 258–63, 311–13
definition of, 241
n
drinking and, 245, 254–55, 256, 263–77
drugs and, 263–64, 265, 311
false allegations of, 256–58