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Thursday, April 11, 2002


Argh, but I am weak.

One last post and then I really am leaving.

Finishing up a cappuccino and had to get a news fix. Typical junkie.

Sure enough -- there was something that spoke to me.

Describing the use of a socially charged word by a younger generation:

Scholars say this usage of the word represents an effort by black people to take over the word for themselves, stripping it of the hateful and degrading meaning historically given to it by whites.

The word is NIGGER. Yes, Nigger.

What spoke to me was my life experiences with CUNT. Yes, cunt.

To paraphrase:

Christina says her usage of the word represents an effort by Christina to take over the word for herself, stripping it of the hateful and degrading meaning historically and currently given to it by men till it has no power over Christina -- losing completely any ability to shame Christina or keep her in her place.

Or at least that was how I felt about it at 19 when I added "cunt" to my repertoire of explicatives. Now that I am older -- I have to say I still feel the same way.

I haven't blushed at cunt for 12 years.

So it must be working.