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Wordslut by Amanda Montell
The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even …
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The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even …
IT’S THE CASE OF AMANDA’S LIFETIME, BUT SOLVING IT WILL REQUIRE HER TO BETRAY ANOTHER SPY—WHO JUST SO HAPPENS TO …
Seventeen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers drawing attention for her killer eyeliner, not for being the new kid at a mostly white, …
« Camille, c'est super important pour nous de parler de l'état de la planète, mais essayez de ne pas trop faire peur. » — … Comme si je risquais d'annoncer à un groupe d'enfants que le père Noël n'existe pas.… Je ne cherche pas à « faire » peur, j'ai peur, nos sommes nombreux à avoir peur et c'est là, je crois, un sentiment très sain face à l'imprévoyance des pyromanes qui nous gouvernent.
— Pour un soulèvement écologique by Camille Étienne (Page 27)
If asked to illustrate the concept of bonding via flattery to an alien race unfamiliar with human social interaction, I think we can all agree that "Smile!" and "Let me tap that ass" would not be considered good examples.
— Wordslut by Amanda Montell (55%)
A light-hearted quote from a disheartening chapter called "How to Confuse a Catcaller." Spoiler: You can't. See: Mud-wrestling with pig.
When "suffragette" was first coined, it was intended as a diminuitive smear for women's liberation activists in the early twentieth century: suffragettes were husbandless hags who dared to want the vote. The women's lib movement was obviously far from perfect (it pretty much only benefited rich white ladies), but what was cool linguistically was that these women immediately stole the word suffragette, put it up on posters, shouted it through the streets, named their political magazine after it, and now most English speakers have entirely forgotten that it was ever meant as a slur.
— Wordslut by Amanda Montell (14%)
“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them …
Imogen Scott has questions…
Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. …
Imogen Scott has questions…
Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. …
The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even …
In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that everything we think we know about what a healthy landscape looks like …
From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York …
In a diabolical omission of the utmost cruelty, stone-hearted ice witch Leslie Schiller sent her friend a callous thank-you email devoid of even a single exclamation point, sources confirmed Monday. "Hey, I had a great time last night," wrote the cold-blooded crone, invoking the chill of a thousand winters with her sparsely punctuated missive.
— Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch (Page 124)
Quoting an Onion piece dated May 12, 2014.
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls …