![Slut Shaming Claims Another Life: RIP Felicia Garcia](http://fakepretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Felicia-Garcia-Sex-shamed-470x140.jpg)
We were saddened to learn of the suicide of 15-year-old Felicia Garcia. The New York City teenager reportedly killed herself by jumping in front of…
![Amanda Todd: Viral in Death](http://fakepretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Amanda-Todd-Facebook-470x140.png)
Since publishing our initial post on Amanda Todd, our site’s traffic has increased about 1,000 percent, the number one search term being: “Amanda Todd Flash.”…
![On the Posthumous Slut Shaming of Amanda Todd](http://fakepretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Amanda-Todd-bullied-after-death-e13580985723111-470x140.png)
I first learned about Amanda Todd when some random Facebook “friend” posted a photo of her next to a photo of a boy, asking why…
![@Amandapalmer, Ancient Greeks and how we value art in America](http://fakepretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AmandaPalmer_live-470x140.jpeg)
O Muses, O high genius, aid me now! O memory that engraved the things I saw, Here shall your worth be manifest to all! Dante…
![First Lady Michelle Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)](http://fakepretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/michelle-obama-talks-up-husband-at-dnc-being-president-doesnt-change-who-you-are-it-reveals-who-you-are_at-rb_0-470x140.jpeg)
Last night, First Lady Michelle Obama gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention. She seemed to leave no stone unturned, providing what pundits…
![Insane Clown Pussy Posse Riot: What @ICP and #PussyRiot have in Common](http://fakepretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Pussy_Riot_-_Denis_Bochkarev_6-470x140.jpeg)
Three female rockers from the band Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years in a Russian prison after performing their song, “Punk Prayer” inside…
![@LoloJones and the men in her life: an ode to sexism and Beyonce](http://fakepretty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/156x195-keith-ablow2-156x140.jpeg)
I have no interest in sports and perhaps, even more specifically, no interest in hurdling. However, after reading New York Times writer Jere Longman’s scathing…
![In defense of hurdler @LoloJones, who was attacked in the New York Times](http://fakepretty.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
In his article “Everything is Image,” New York Times writer Jere Longman attacks Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones, for what he perceives to be her lack of athletic…