[lbo-talk] Anti-Chomsky Reader

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Thu Jul 22 16:09:39 PDT 2004


Granted, but it bothers me that it's asymmetric. Nobody ever objects to calling anyone a dick.

Joanna

Liza Featherstone wrote:


>When you use a phrase like this,
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>>some stupid twat
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>you have to do so in a really vivid and amusing way, perhaps even implying
>some sort of critique of the misogyny from which it stems, or parodically
>acknowledging the word's many possible contexts. Using it to express simple
>hostility to female low-wage workers and their bodies just isn't good
>enough.
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>Liza
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