Daily Archives: May 15, 2014

Unconventional Love

I think that the most unconventional love in my life is my dog.  Sure, people love dogs, but not like I love my dog.  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dress her up or paint her nails or groom her in weird ways, but she is my baby.  I got Addie at the beginning of summer right after my Freshman year at UA.  It was right after the April 27th tornado hit.  Tell me more

The Sexualization of Willow Smith

The Belle Jar

We need to talk for a hot second about the sexualization of young girls.

Specifically, we need to talk about the sexualization of Willow Smith by the media.

In case you’ve somehow missed the whole hullaballoo, the picture below of thirteen year old Willow and twenty year old actor Moises Arias was recently posted on Instagram, and the internet subsequently exploded.

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Everyone immediately leapt to the conclusion that the photograph was somehow sexual. Hollywood Life referred to it as “compromising.” Complex Magazine said that it was “creepy.” Folks on twitter said that it was “disgusting on so many levels,” and promised that the picture would “seriously gross you out.” Even Sesali Bowen, coming to Willow’s defence in an article on Feministing, wrote, “The photo itself is sexy. I can’t deny that.” The general consensus seemed to be that, whether you thought (or cared) that the photograph…

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