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@bluestocking@sfba.club you're so much more giving and forgiving than i am. i'd turn the book toward the wall, tell it 'see that tbr pile? you're in the way' and heave it ho

if i hadn't just invoked marie kondo earlier today, this reference would have sailed over me

There are others in this Secret series that I've liked much better (such as L.A.), but that could be more about the subject than the author. The most compelling tidbit for me was Banksy's Umbrella Girl, but that stencil has been vandalized since this book was published.

can't speak french™ but if i could, this would be depressing af. i often say that social progress comes only after two generations have died off. but for global warming, we're going the wrong way.

@lapis@bookwyrm.social this book really spoke to me, even though i'm not the target audience. obviously

A great, breezy read on internet language history and culture, from stopping people SHOUTING ON USENET to the lolcat bible. With an important message: Language isn't static; it's not passed down from elders to children, but grown collectively, with each generation taking it in a new direction. This is not corruption. It's evolution.

Read this for a history of The Man holding women down with a dictionary; an explanation of vocal fry and upspeak, the roles they fill in female communication, and how vilifying them is part of a hate as old as time; the many grammatical roles that an f-bomb can play; why gay guys often sound gay but lesbians don't sound 'lesbian'; and the word 'slut'. A lot. Just read it.

Edit: I originally rated Wordslut at four stars, but on reflection, its combination of outrage and history, delivered with disarming humor, sets a bar that should be considered the gold standard, not the silver standard.

In the memes chapter, an excerpt from lolcatbible.com, which I rotfl because no seen.

Edit: I missed the overleaf!