i’ve been thinking seriously about what i will be wearing for slutwalkjhb this coming saturday september 24th, because being a survivor and being the person who was crazy enough to initiate this march, whatever i wear will make a huge statement. i’m still not sure.

decisions, decisions, i tell ya. do i wear something that looks like what i was wearing when i was raped? that means going out and buying a facsimile. do i wear what i normally do, seeing that this is a come as you are event? now that’s tricky because i wear such a wide range of clothes/styles – all depends on my mood. should i choose to wear the kind of thing i’d wear to burning man, my shitkicker boots, fishnets, a tutu and corset, would i be buying into the stereotype of what’s expected? i’m seriously stumped. what do you think?

and then i was also thinking about what my poster would say?

if i’m wearing my baby-blue pyjamas, maybe “Does this outfit say “rape me?”

if i’m wearing something more flashy, maybe “This outfit says FUN, FEARLESS, FEMALE – NOT F*CK ME!”

these are the slogans we’ve compiled so far. will you be marching? what will you be wearing? what will your poster say?

SLUTWALK SLOGANS

• IT’S A DRESS, NOT A YES
• CONTROL YOURSELVES, NOT WOMEN
• RAPISTS RAPE PEOPLE, NOT OUTFITS
• THIS IS NOT MY “I WANT YOU” FACE
• MY SHORT SKIRT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU
• I WEAR WHAT I WANT
• DON’T TELL WOMEN NOT TO GET RAPED, TELL MEN NOT TO RAPE
• REAL MEN TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.
• REAL MEN DON’T RAPE
• DOES THIS OUTFIT SAY, “RAPE ME?”
• SEXUAL ASSAULT – IT’S NOT SOMETHING ANYONE EVER ASKS FOR.
• CONSENT IS SEXY
• THIS OUTFIT SAYS FUN, FEARLESS, FEMALE, NOT “FUCK ME!”

Thank you to Heather from SlutWalk Des Moines for compiling this list!

• STOP VICTIM BLAMING/SLUT SHAMING/RAPE CULTURE
• CONSENT IS SEXY
• NO ONE DESERVES IT
• MATURE FOLK TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER
• IT’S MY BODY, I’LL SEX IF I WANT TO
• THIS IS WHAT I WAS WEARING
• MY LITTLE BLACK DRESS DOES NOT MEAN YES
• MY CLOTHES ARE NOT MY CONSENT
• ARE 1 IN 4 WOMEN IN YOUR LIFE SLUTS?
• I WAS WEARING {INSERT CLOTHING}. WAS IT MY FAULT?
• THE SKIRT IS NO EXCUSE FOR RAPE
• **HOW TO STOP RAPE

1: DON’T RAPE ANYONE

2: SEE ABOVE **

• **I WAS RAPED BECAUSE:

__ I WAS WEARING A SKIRT

__ I WAS FLIRTING

__ I HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK

X   I DIDN’T CONSENT **

• STOP SEXUAL PROFILING
• MEN GET RAPED. CHILDREN GET RAPED. WERE THEY SHOWING THEIR BREASTS TOO?
• STOP POLICING OUR WARDROBE. START POLICING OUR STREETS.
• SLUTS ARE LIKE UNICORNS. THEY ARE BOTH IMAGINARY CONCEPTS
• SHAME ON RAPISTS, NOT VICTIMS
• DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO WEAR. TEACH HIM NOT TO RAPE.
• THE WAY LITTLE GIRLS DRESS DOESN’T CREATE PAEDOS. THE WAY BIG GIRLS DRESS DOESN’T CREATE RAPISTS.
• SOCIETY TEACHES “DON’T GET RAPED” RATHER THAN “DON’T RAPE”
• BLAME RAPE ON RAPISTS, NOT BOOBS.
• ASK ME WHAT I’M ASKING FOR
• SEX IS SOMETHING PEOPLE DO TOGETHER, NOT SOMETHING YOU DO TO SOMEONE ELSE.
• NO MEANS NO
• “FUCK YOU” MEANS NO. “FUCK ME” MEANS YES
• RAPE IS THE ONLY CRIME IN WHICH THE VICTIM BECOMES THE ACCUSED.
• BY DEFINITION, YOU CAN’T ASK FOR RAPE
• CHECK OUT MY MAGIC ANTI-RAPE JEANS
• JUST BECAUSE I PUT IT ON, DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF
• CLOTHING IS AN OPTION. RAPE ISN’T.
• SLUTWALK: THE RADICAL NOTION THAT NO ONE DESERVES TO BE RAPED
• CONSENT IS THE ONLY PASSWORD
• I LOVE CONSENSUAL SEX
• BLAMING VICTIMS HELPS RAPISTS
• I’M A BITCH IF I SAY NO, BUT A SLUT IF YOU RAPE ME ANYWAY
• I DON’T LIKE ROHYPNOL
• I DRESS FOR ME, NOT FOR YOU
• I’LL FUCK JUST ABOUT ANYONE/BUT NEVER WITHOUT CONSENT
• I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
• HIJABS, HOODIES, HOTPANTS, OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICES
• EVEN IF I DRESS FOR YOUR ATTENTION, DOESN’T MEAN I DRESS FOR YOUR AGGRESSION.
• I CAN SAY YES AS MANY TIMES AS I WANT…NO STILL MEANS NO.
• WHY DO YOU CALL ME A SLUT WHEN I SAY I WON’T SLEEP WITH YOU?
• DISARM RAPISTS – SMASH SEXISM
• MEN GET RAPED TOO
• MARRIAGE IS NOT A SEX CONTRACT
• I DON’T ATTACK YOU WHEN YOU RUN AROUND SHIRTLESS.
• I DON’T ATTACK YOU WHEN YOU WEAR MUSCLE SHIRTS.
• MY SKIRT DIDN’T ASK YOU TO RAPE ME; IT CAN’T TALK.
• MY DRESS DOESN’T HAVE A MOUTH, BUT I DO AND I SAID, “NO!”
• I’M WEARING SHORTS = IT’S HOT OUTSIDE. NOT I WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU
• I”LL FUCK JUST ABOUT ANYONE, BUT NEVER WITHOUT CONSENT
• HORNY, SINGLE, BISEXUAL…AND I CAN STILL SAY NO.
• HOS CAN SAY NO
• JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE SEX, DOESN’T MEAN I WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU
• RAPE IS ABOUT POWER, NOT SEX