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005			20190624151935.0
008			180910t20192019nyua 000 0 eng d
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020			_a9780062868879 _q(hardcover)
020			_a006286887X _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1051052154 _z(OCoLC)1101660090
092			_a427.973 _bM776
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMontell, Amanda, _eauthor. _9401825
245	1	0	_aWordslut : _ba feminist guide to taking back the English language / _cAmanda Montell.
246	3		_aWord slut
246	1	4	_aWordslut : _b/w3dsl∧t/ a feminist guide to taking back the english language
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHarper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2019]
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a291 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0		_achapter 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 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 -- chapter 5: how to embarass the shit out of people who try to correct your grammar -- chapter 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?
520			_aThe word bitch conjures many images for many people, but it is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even before its usage to mean a female canine, bitch didn't refer to gender at all--it originated as a gender-neutral word meaning genitalia. A perfectly innocuous word devolving into a female insult is the case for tons more terms, including hussy--which simply meant housewife--or slut, which meant an untidy person and was also used to describe men. These words are just a few among history's many English slurs hurled at women. Amanda Montell, reporter and feminist linguist, deconstructs language--from insults and cursing, gossip, and catcalling to grammar and pronunciation patterns--to reveal the ways it has been used for centuries to keep women and other marginalized genders from power. Ever wonder why so many people are annoyed when women talk with vocal fry or use the word like as a filler? Or why certain gender-neutral terms stick and others don't? Or where stereotypes of how women and men speak come from in the first place? Montell effortlessly moves between history, science, and popular culture to explore these questions and more--and how we can use the answers to effect real social change.
520			_a"A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us..."--From dust jacket, front flap.
650		0	_aSexism in language. _9404933
650		0	_aEnglish language _xEtymology. _914834
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