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REFERENCES & STUFF U SHOULD PUT YOUR EYES ON
Caroline Heldman, "The Sexy Lie" (Ted Talk/study)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMS4VJKekW8
APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (study)
http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report.aspx
The Beast of Beauty Culture (Political Effects of Self-Objectification)
http://hilo.hawaii.edu/~tbelt/pols433-reading-thebeastofbeautyculture.pdf
How to tell if something is sexually objectifying
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/07/02/sexual-objectification-part-1-what-is-it/
"Enjoy The Tits" - Rape culture on college campuses
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/15/why_naked_pictures_arent_harmless/
Objectification in Breast Cancer Campaigns
http://breastcancerconsortium.net/resources/beyond-awareness-workbook/trends-in-awareness-campaigns/sexual-objectification/
Women are parts, men are people (study)
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/07/study-proof-that-we-sexually-objectify-women/260339/
If men posed like female American Apparel models
http://www.businessinsider.com/if-men-posed-like-female-american-apparel-models-2013-5
If men posed like motorcycle babes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/if-men-posed-like-motorcycle-babes_n_4101152.html#slide=3011037
A history of objectification theory
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-objectification/
Oversexualization of black women in America
http://fempopculture.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-is-there-price-to-pay.html
Objectification and rape culture (study)
http://comm.arizona.edu/sites/comm.arizona.edu/files/JOBEM_aubrey%20et%20al.pdf
Laverne Cox on the Objectification of Trans Women
http://www.autostraddle.com/flawless-trans-women-carmen-carrera-and-laverne-cox-respond-flawlessly-to-katie-courics-invasive-questions-215855/
Sext Up Kids - How Children Are Becoming Hypersexualized
Documentary (i'm in it!)
Killing Us Softly by Jean Kilbourne
Documentary/Talk
UPCOMING SPEAKING APPEARANCES
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS TO BE POSTED ON MY TUMBLR
OPEN TO ALL AGES & FREE!*
January 27th - University of Michigan Flint
January 28th - Grinnell
January 29th - Coe College
January 30th - University of Calgary
February 8th - Emory University
February 10th - (UNCONFIRMED UPSTATE NY SCHOOL)
February 11th - Georgia Tech
February 12th - University of North Carolina
February 13th - Sacramento City College *$5 ticket
March 3rd - University of Indianapolis
March 4th/5th - (UNCONFIRMED CANADIAN SCHOOLS)
March 6th - University of South Carolina
March 7th - University of Arkansas
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(Remaining March & April tour dates TBA)
SUMMARY
What is sexual objectification and why is it a big deal? In this video I give a (very brief) overview of our culture's sexual objectification problem and how it contributes to gender & sexual inequality in every sphere of life -- as well as perpetuating rape culture.