So said a DJ at the Mayhem night club in Southend during a 'Babes on the Bed Competition'. This information comes courtesy of the Sunday Times (yes I know - 'wank' in the Times, changing times indeed). The News Review section has started serialising a book by Natasha Walter called Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism. It explores ideas of pornography in our society - specifically 'soft' porn. The competition described above was for a Nuts magazine competition with the winner appearing on the cover. What's more interesting is the exploration of feminists' response to these 'sexualised' women, for whom playfully toying with a sequined thong on a shaven crotch in a club is a good way to attract men. It's a relatively superficial exploration but it does try and explore what feminism means for women today and how that fits with liberation. The book can be viewed/bought here and the extract that appeared on Sunday can be viewed here.
Monday, 11 January 2010
"Buy her, take her home and have a wank"
So said a DJ at the Mayhem night club in Southend during a 'Babes on the Bed Competition'. This information comes courtesy of the Sunday Times (yes I know - 'wank' in the Times, changing times indeed). The News Review section has started serialising a book by Natasha Walter called Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism. It explores ideas of pornography in our society - specifically 'soft' porn. The competition described above was for a Nuts magazine competition with the winner appearing on the cover. What's more interesting is the exploration of feminists' response to these 'sexualised' women, for whom playfully toying with a sequined thong on a shaven crotch in a club is a good way to attract men. It's a relatively superficial exploration but it does try and explore what feminism means for women today and how that fits with liberation. The book can be viewed/bought here and the extract that appeared on Sunday can be viewed here.
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