We
seek various and diverse feminist perspectives on Slutwalk as both
experience and movement. In April 2011, a team of five people put
together Slutwalk Toronto, a protest responding to slut shaming and
victim blaming culture, exemplified by a recent event at Osgoode Hall
Law School at York University. In the name of campus "safety", Toronto
Police Constable Michael Sanguinetti advised "women should avoid
dressing like sluts in order to not be victimized". The sentiment of
those in the over 3000 crowd that day were shared by folks around the
globe - leading to over 200 Slutwalks internationally and the
establishment of "Slutwalk" organizing groups.
This
collection seeks to engender a critical engagement with the global
phenomenon of the Slutwalk movement, considering both its strengths and
limitations. We welcome submissions, which take up Slutwalk through a
feminist lens (broadly defined) considering Slutwalk as a successful
social movement, a site of tremendous controversy, and an ongoing
discussion among and between waves of feminists across the life cycle
and across the globe. While the collection seeks to unpack the
discursive performance of Slutwalk, we also welcome experiential
submissions that explore the experiences of people who attended
Slutwalks. This collection aims to bring together scholars, activists,
community members and other authors. Submissions may include scholarly
writing, art, photography, poetry, and creative non-fiction.
Topics can also include (but are not limited to):
Tensions
between second and third wave feminism; the impact of social media;
protest, activism and social movements, identity politics; impact of and
responses to Slutwalk; intersectional analyses of Slutwalk; bodies and
embodiment; queer, critical race, critical disability and other
engagements with Slutwalk; sex-positive feminism; performativity; role
of Slutwalk in feminist history and feminist futures; Slutwalks held in
non-Western contexts; and impact of the word "slut".
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