| Description |
1 online resource (139 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 0: meet sociolinguistics: what all the cool feminists are talking about; Chapter 1: slutty skank hoes and nasty dykes: a comprehensive list of gendered insults i Hate (but also kind of love?); Chapter 2: wait ... what does the word "woman" mean anyway?: plus other questions of sex, gender, and the language behind them; Chapter 3: "mm-hmm, girl, you're right": how women talk to each other when dudes aren't around; Chapter 4: women didn't ruin the english language-they, like, invented it |
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Chapter 5: how to embarrass the shit out of people who try to correct your grammarChapter 6: how to confuse a catcaller (and other ways to verbally smash the patriarchy); Chapter 7: fuck it: an ode to cursing while female; Chapter 8: "cackling" clinton and "sexy" scarjo: the struggle of being a woman in public; Chapter 9: time to make this book just a little bit gayer; Chapter 10: cyclops, panty puppet, bald-headed bastard (and 100+ other things to call your genitalia); Chapter 11: so ... in one thousand years, will women rule the english language?; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Back Cover |
| Summary |
A brash, enlightening and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language that shows how to verbally smash the patriarchy |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sexism in language.
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English language -- Etymology.
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English language -- Etymology
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Sexism in language
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781743820957 |
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174382095X |
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