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geekgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:39 AM Original message |
"she's a superstar so don't bog her down a lot of questions" ???!!! |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Shrill" is not applicable only to women, so calling it "gendered language" is idiotic. |
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geekgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. nope. it is gendered-- even if it isn't only applied to women, it is associated with being feminine |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I thought that word was popularized with Krugman? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. If she can make references to her own femininity - the lipstick comment - |
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geekgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Shrill is a gendered AND sexist term because it is used almost exclusively to describe women |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Uh, okay. So using "shrill" to describe Palin's voice is really a sexist attack... |
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geekgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. it has gendered connotations and I wouldn't use it to describe her for that reason |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Well, I'm certainly not going to go out of my way to defend Sarah Palin from words like "shrill." |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I'll use it until I use it up. |
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geekgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm sure there are more intelligent ways to attack Sarah Palin ! |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Shrill is a descriptive word used to describe an annoying sound. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. It's de facto gendered. |
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DangerousRhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. I heard that too, wtf. |
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TheZug (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Stepford Candidate. |
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Riddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. I wonder if this hypocrite hack thinks that using "uppity" is racist |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. I thought they resented superstars. |
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geekgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I know! I thought Obama being a "superstar" was a bad thing?? WTF |
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Chloroplast (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. So, being a celebrity is alright if it's a Republican? Hypocrites to the nth. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
15. So now she's Paris Palin, too busy superstarin' to answer questions. |
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