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seabeyond

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2. that there is a word to separate out genders sexuality is the issue.

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:25 PM

Jan 2015

the mere fact there is a word that define womens sexuality alone is the reason it can never be reclaimed, or whatever others want to say. since it is the very basic issue of the word, it is there we need to have the conversation. not if we can own a word or not.

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Will the awful power of the word 'slut' defeat feminists' efforts to reclaim it? [View all] ismnotwasm Jan 2015 OP

all told her the decision had turned against them later – and all regretted it. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #1

I think we're starting too ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #6

yes, So. Sick of. Assholes. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #7

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that there is a word to separate out genders sexuality is the issue. seabeyond Jan 2015 #2

We were saying that here ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #4

yes. i agree with you on all of that. and that is why you and i and others so value that video of seabeyond Jan 2015 #10

Post removed Post removed Jan 2015 #11

Back again? You must love it here for some reason. arcane1 Jan 2015 #12

I had that That particular troll in mind when I started this post ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #19

It's like the Bat Signal for dumb-asses arcane1 Jan 2015 #24

Yeah -- oh boy I'm gonna get em now ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #25

"there's nothing you can do about it" MadrasT Jan 2015 #14

Well, here's the jury results, but looks like MIRT drove a truck through his account anyway. AtheistCrusader Jan 2015 #16

lol @ #7 Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #17

Indeed, number 7 doesn't seem to know how DU works arcane1 Jan 2015 #20

Don't look at me. Juror number 4 bears my distinct style. AtheistCrusader Jan 2015 #22

LOL Indeed. arcane1 Jan 2015 #23

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Does anyone know of one perjorative that has been successfully 'reclaimed'? Sheldon Cooper Jan 2015 #3

I can't either and I might even debate the word queer. Gay, yes. I hear Gay a lot. Rarely, I hear Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #5

I was thinking along the lines of 'we're here, we're queer, get over it' etc. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2015 #8

I don't know about reclaim on any of these words. Just speaking to what I hear in my daily life. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #9

I use gay in my everyday talking. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #28

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darn. I missed all the fun. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #18

It's that asshole again ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #21

Taking control of your own sexuality. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2015 #27

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