Our favorite photoblogger, zombie, informs us that he’s back in form with a full-length photo essay on the San Francisco edition of SlutWalk, which turns out to be a rather confused protest. As Zombie puts it, ‘[a]t SlutWalks, feminist desmoiselles trying to look both sexy and intimidating gather in public for a communal howl against rape and victimhood.” The protest originated in Canada after a Toronto policeman, invited to instruct assembled students at a crime prevention conference how to not become the victims of rape, concluded his talk with one extra bit of advice: “Women should avoid dressing like sluts.”
To protest, women are dressing like sluts. Of course this being San Francisco the usual array of people with different agendas turn out too…
Go read the whole fascinating account at zombietime.
