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libodem

(19,288 posts) Wed Sep 10, 2014, 11:37 AM Sep 2014

The 'B' word

This seems like a decent discussion of a subject that has sometimes left me at odds with my sisters. It probably won't change my mind but I feel more enlightened for having read it. What do you think?

. http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/02/bitch-internalized-sexism/

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The 'B' word (Original Post) libodem Sep 2014 OP

Excellent article. SunSeeker Sep 2014 #1

SunSeeker

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1. Excellent article.

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Wed Sep 10, 2014, 01:32 PM

Sep 2014

I consider the B word like the N word. Neither should be used to describe human beings; both connote damaging stereotypes.

And yet a lot of women use the B word, for the reasons stated in the article. I think those reasons are self-defeating.

It's sad that the supposedly body acceptance empowering "All About the Bass" by Meghan Trainor resorts to attacking "skinny b____es." I guess she doesn't get the irony of her mocking other women based on their body.

There’s a good article about that from The Slate:

http://www.theslateonline.com/m/article/2014/09/i-am-so-not-all-about-that-bass

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