Reply #55: It's not how it's used.

[slksln]

I've been called a bitch by my friends and by those whom I don't care for. I've been called a bitch because I got good grades, because I got the job, because I spoke my mind, because I am a self-confidant woman.

Sometimes I am a bitch. I admit that, but I like to think that when I do act like a bitch that its been completely called for.

"Bitch" is a word. Words mean what we are told they mean and what we believe they mean. If we don't let the words get to us, we may be able to get past them and see why they are being directed at us. That's how we see what needs changing.

This idea is exemplified in the movements to reclaim words. Like using pussy in a good sense.

Words are just words. I never have understood why they get everyone so upset. Its not the words that are the problem, but the sentiment behind them.

Bitch, bitch-slap, cunt, pussy, asshole, dick, mother fucker, cock sucker, boobs, shit, shithead, pisshole, twat, kyke, gyp, nigger, et cetera, and so on, they all mean what we say they mean. They didn't always mean what they do now, and they most likely will not always mean the same as the do now.


I hope I'm being coherent.