B-I-T-C-H

[lame54]

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/25/9867/
In a reply to this common dreams article on modern feminism, the word BITCH is aptly defined:

B eing
I n
T otal
C ontrol of
H erself

:headbang:

[Captain Hilts]

1. That's been around for years. But 'bitch' is not meant as a compliment & should not be seen as one.

[lame54]

2. Google the word and you will see a bunch of on-line mags boasting that word...

http://bitchmagazine.org/
http://www.bitchmusic.com/
http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/

I think they are trying to turn the word around and defuse it

[Captain Hilts]

4. I am familiar with these things.

When someone - especially a man - calls a woman this, it is not a compliment and should not be taken as one.

[Buzz Clik]

3. Actually, when I think of someone as a raging bitch, it's because she lacks control.

That's a great acronym, but it misses. I liked Tina Fey's discussion about being a bitch much, much more: "...people say that Hillary is a bitch. Let me say something about that: Yeah, she is. So am I and so is this one (Amy Poehler). You know what? Bitches get stuff done. That's why Catholic schools use nuns as teachers and not priests. Those nuns are mean old clams who sleep on cots and they're allowed to hit you. At the end of the school year, you hated those bitches, but you knew the capital of Vermont. It's not too late, Texas and Ohio! Get on board! Bitch is the new Black!"



(Geez, that thing is worse than back in the '70s when the cops tried to embrace being called pigs: Pride Integrity Guts. Ummm.... no.)

[lame54]

5. I tried to link that great vid - but it's "no longer available"

[Buzz Clik]

6. You can find it here:

http://jezebel.com/360093/tina-fey-on-snl-bitch-is-the-new-black

Excellent quality.

[lame54]

7. Thanks - that whole vid is so funny

[Buzz Clik]

8. Tracy Morgan's counterpoint was pretty funny, too:

http://jezebel.com/368633/tracy-morgan-to-tina-fey-black-is-the-new-president-bitch

:rofl:

[lame54]

9. That's pretty funny

[Captain Hilts]

13. Don't forget the origin of the word 'hysteria'. nt

[AmyCamus]

10. Ha ha.

As funny as a funeral.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Boys, I'm Taking Charge Here.

:evilgrin:

[lame54]

12. that's a good one

[slackmaster]

14. Being a bitch was fashionable in the late 1970s

It's as out of style as embroidered blue work shirts now.