The Impressive History of Cunt
How I learned to use and love the word “cunt” – the original descriptor of female genitals and the most feminist term, one that embraces female sexuality without shame or apology. Read More …
Tag: language
The “P” Word: Accepting Or Rejecting The Porn Moniker
Deciding to use the word “porn” or not becomes a branding exercise and it can make a big difference to how you are perceived, by your audience, the media and even the law. This post looks at the p word in feminist porn circles. Read More …
“Ladies” Versus “Girls”
On Twitter today I came across an interesting discussion about the word “ladies” via The F Word UK (@thefworduk). Emma Dixon had been sent a message that said “Attention Ladies, come to our Xmas lunch.” Emma asked if there was any women who would prefer not be be addressed as “lady” or “ladies”. The replies showed that some women hate it, others don’t mind it. The same goes for “girls”. Read More …
The French Phrasebook Guide To Sex
I’m now going to try and learn French in six weeks. How do you say “Sacre Bleu, tres idiot!”? I’m your typical monolinguistic Australian and it’s a bit embarrassing really. We didn’t have any kind of language classes at my small country school; indeed, I was of the generation that didn’t receive any real lessons in grammar because it wasn’t considered necessary*. So now’s my chance jump in and make Read More …
Can You Guess Which Words I Use Most Often?
These images are from Wordle, a site that analyses text to see which words are used most often. The first image is made up of my del.icio.us tags. The second one is the result of taking all the posts on the index page (back to 19 May) and seeing what I talked about the most. I guess there’s not many surprises here.
Porn For Women – The Backlash
Something has been bugging me for a long time now, so I’m going to have a little rant about it. It seems that there are a lot of people out there who don’t like the term “porn for women.” I realise this – and I’ve discussed the ins and outs of it plenty of times on the blog. But I’m just gonna have to talk about it again. The thing Read More …