Showing posts with label girl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label girl. Show all posts
Follow Friday - #NoMorePage3
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#boobsarentnews,
#nomorepage3,
boobs,
boobs aren't news,
campaign,
feminism,
feminist,
gender,
gender roles,
girl,
girls,
no more page 3,
objectification,
role models,
the sun,
women
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This is a campaign founded by Lucy-Anne Holmes in 2012. This campaign asks the editor of The Sun newspaper, David Dinsmore, to "take bare boobs out of The Sun," because, let's be honest - BOOBS AREN'T NEWS. The campaign argues that there is a time and a place for nudity, and in a family newspaper is not appropriate.I 100% support this campaign - however I do agree with criticism that objectifying women is never OK, and if it's not in a newspaper then it will be on the internet, and may be considerably worse. Having said that, I think the No More Page 3 campaign is a brilliant first step in reducing objectification of women, and have signed it and promoted it on my personal social media accounts.
So far, the petition has received nearly 189,000 signitures; you can add yours here.
You can also find out more about the campaign on their website, facebook and twitter.
Follow Friday - #MyFriendsAreMarried
#FollowFriday
Time for me to recommend another website or blog with similar themes to mine that you might find interesting.
This week is pretty light hearted - I'm choosing a tumblr account called #MyFriendsAreMarried. It's written by a 25-year-old girl whose friends all seem to be getting pregnant and married, and quite frankly she is interested in doing neither of those things.
Even though I'm only 21, I can most definitely relate - maybe that's why I find it so hilarious. I cringe when I see half the stuff mums put on facebook, and then cringe again when I remember they're the same age or younger than me! I think the author of this blog has absolutely nailed how any girl feels when surrounded with expectations like that, and then only gone and illustrated these feelings with hilarious gifs.
Here's some examples:
When my friend says she's skipping dinner so she can fit into her wedding gown, and I'm just like...
When I go to lunch with my friends and they all bring their kids...
When someone tells me I should marry my boyfriend...
When I'm at my friends house and her baby starts crawling towards me...
When I ask my married friends for relationship advice...
Check it out:
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