Coming up this week: Time to talk about Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines"?

While I don't read too much feminist literature, I have a hunch that it can't be healthy for women to be bombarded with hypersexualized images by pop culture outlets. Case in point: The criticism of "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke's song of the summer, is continuing to heat up to a fever pitch. Sure, this song has drawn fire since its release in March from feminist critics who have called its lyrics and its music video misogynistic, "rape-y" and demeaning to women, but I never would have guessed that would be enough to get it banned from buildings on a university campus. Yet that is exactly what happened last week at Edinburgh University in the United Kingdom.

If you think it's time to have a frank discussion about this song and how it might be detrimental to women's self-image and mental health (or even affect people's attitudes toward sexual assault), you're not alone. For those of you in the Lawrence, Kan., area, the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity at the University of Kansas is holding a discussion centering on the song Tuesday, Sept. 17, as part of its Sexual Assault Awareness Week. The event starts at 7 p.m., and will be held in the Kansas Union, so if you're interested in mental health issues focusing on women, you may want to stop by.