In recalling our discussion on Tuesday on the ‘slut v. scholar’ and reading Vanessa del Rio’s interview in Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior, something that really caught my attention was the agency that these women have over their body and body image. Society has often stigmatized and created boundaries for what can be defined as beauty. I find it extremely empowering to know that women take language such as ‘slut’ and ‘whore’ to redefine and claim their identities. Similarly, I found these women in this video reclaim what it means to be ‘fat’ or ‘big beautiful women as we also discussed with the April Flores reading in The Feminist Porn Book.
This video and blog posting that follows it, creates a space for women to have a conversation about body positivity and reclaiming what we define as beautiful. Beyonce’s newly released video and song #Flawless is used to empower young women, while also sharing a message of positive feminist movement in today’s male dominated society. I think the video in this blog is extremely creative and powerful while also tying in the important academic material we have covered in class.
By Rosemary Mcdonnell-Horita