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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe Daily Bitch*: "I just want to live in a world where I don't have to say
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?" every time I leave the house.
*Both a noun, and a verb, depending on usage.
House of Roberts
(6,521 posts)Fuck, I wish that bastard would hurry up and just die already!
niyad
(132,429 posts)mountain grammy
(29,034 posts)niyad
(132,429 posts)mountain grammy
(29,034 posts)I had to look it up. Havent heard it in years.
niyad
(132,429 posts)Luke Bell (Opera Victoria) has a line about "those pestilential nuisances who write for murdoch press . ." google "I have a little list. ." and you can amuse yourself for quite some time!
mountain grammy
(29,034 posts)Thanks for the mind jiggle. Ive been listening while riding my stationary for a half hour. Loved the Australian one and newer ones. Great song to adapt to todays madness.
niyad
(132,429 posts)Mitchell Butel?
mountain grammy
(29,034 posts)just put their podcast in my library!
CTyankee
(68,197 posts)niyad
(132,429 posts)CTyankee
(68,197 posts)Or, what do we do? We know the problem, we're already organized . How do we proceed from here?
niyad
(132,429 posts)gone is not going to fix everything. The cult energy will not be there, but those pulling the strings will be. We keep fighting (and wishing a plague would take them all!).
LoisB
(13,025 posts)MiHale
(13,032 posts)Thought of you and your posts about the word
couldnt find a way to link directly to the essay
heres a link to the mag just scroll down to find the essay. Right side about 3 columns down
titled Bitch: a history.
Rather long
also gets into other common words such as
cunt
slut..very interesting on the history of words and how they were used.
https://aeon.co/
niyad
(132,429 posts)are always fascinating. Inga Muscio has a wonderful book about the c-word and its origins in Goddess worship, and being a root word for "knowledge" and "ken". The last time a male called me that to my face, I gushed my thanks at length for him honouring me with a title of the Goddess. Pretty sure he never used that word again!