There is value in reclaiming words, and I have surely benefited. Dyke, Fag, Homo, Queer. In the past these words have all carried the weight of 'Slut', but now ring differently. This isn't the case though, when said through hatred and fear. It still stings. What's terrible is that words like Gay, Retard, Faggot, Homo and Pussy are turned into negative adjectives used to describe not only people but inanimate objets. The rate to which they are used by kids and youth in Australia is frightening, though I can't speak for anywhere else. At the end of the day, It's great that SlutWalk has generated talk and interest and that the forum is global. Who's to say if it'll actually generate good or just harm the feminist cause. I didn't rally because I don't wan't to own the word slut. Thanks for this great collection! I've been looking for more good articles that reflect where I stand on this issue. SlutWalk rubbed me the wrong way right off the bat. It feels like a knee-jerk reaction, so it makes me happy to see so many other feminists taking the time to think it through and speak out against it. The organizers are well-intentioned, but its just the wrong action. Hmmm, yeah...I must've been living under a rock or something cos I only came across this apparently massive slutwalk phenomenon now. And why did I come across it? Oh just cos for the first time in a long time I haven't