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Pour un soulèvement écologique (Paperback, français language, 2023, Seuil) No rating

Dans cet essai, Camille Étienne identifie les mythes qui nous entravent : éco-anxiété, fracture générationnelle, …

« 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.

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Wordslut (Hardcover, 2019, Harper Wave) 5 stars

The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to …

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.

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A light-hearted quote from a disheartening chapter called "How to Confuse a Catcaller." Spoiler: You can't. See: Mud-wrestling with pig.

Wordslut (Hardcover, 2019, Harper Wave) 5 stars

The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to …

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.

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Because Internet (Paperback, 2020, Penguin Publishing Group) 4 stars

Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message …

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.

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Quoting an Onion piece dated May 12, 2014.