My first girl power feature is Ellie Delany, an author for the Odyssey, and an alumni of my high school. Her latest article is titled, Why It’s OK To Call A Girl A Slut. At the sight of the title, I wasn’t sure the direction of the article. As I started to read I felt a positive correlation to her personal experiences relating to the memories of being called a “slut. She writes,

“My entire life, I had been wronged by society. By my sixth grade teacher, who told me I couldn’t wear leggings to school. By the boy who wouldn’t take interest in me because I was ‘tainted’ by one of his friends. The boy who did take interest in me but never failed to remind me about my ‘taintedness.’ By my mom, when she found out I was no longer the purest form of myself, making me feel internally shameful and overall just plain sad. By the boy who I wouldn’t let have me—so he resorted to calling me a “slut.”

This story is a familiar one to pretty much every girl to experience high school. If you’ve had more guy friends than girl friends, if you chose to wear a lower-cut top… if you’re curvier, or more personable… each of these examples has somehow confused others to think you’re a “slut.” Ellie tells us why it’s okay to be called a slut. How we should ‘wear [these words] like diamonds around your neck.’ Ellie embraces feminism with her experienced words and helps her readers accept femininity, self-love and girl power. Take a few minutes to read and share this powerful article.

Ellie Delany’s, Why It’s OK to Call a Girl a Slut