Reclaiming Words
A day later than usual but wonderful as ever, Jenn explains the basics of what we mean when we talk about reclaiming words.
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Speak for yourself! Reclaiming words
Subi just manages to suppress a language and linguistics nerdgasm, and talks about the reclamation of slurs. (I promise this video was finished at decent o’clock, it just took forever to actually load!)
Interesting article on how to go about reclaiming a word: http://www.good.is/post/take-it-back-5-steps-to-reclaim-a-dirty-name/
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Reblogging for anyone who missed us posting this in the wee hours of last night.
Speak for yourself! Reclaiming words
Subi just manages to suppress a language and linguistics nerdgasm, and talks about the reclamation of slurs. (I promise this video was finished at decent o’clock, it just took forever to actually load!)
Interesting article on how to go about reclaiming a word: http://www.good.is/post/take-it-back-5-steps-to-reclaim-a-dirty-name/
This Dame:
http://uswhoresdontneedyou.tumblr.com
http://www.twitter.com/ThatPeskySubi (look guys I have a twitter now! Idk how to use it but yay!)
WARNING: Here be swears (but sadly no dragons)
Video! With lots of swearing in it. (I’m not good at this timezone thing, sorry - Becca)
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As usual, reblogging at a time when people are awake, because I am bad with time.
WARNING: Here be swears (but sadly no dragons)
Video! With lots of swearing in it. (I’m not good at this timezone thing, sorry - Becca)
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Twitter: @beccarothwell
Well look at that it’s TOPIC ANNOUNCEMENT time.
THIS WEEK: We’re reclaiming words for a variety of reasons. For example why feminism isn’t a dirty word and neither is vagina, and whether we can ever reclaim swear words and slurs like the ones in the picture above.
NEXT WEEK: We’ll be talking about Women in Sport, to coincide with the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
THE WEEK AFTER: We’re possibly talking about Women in Comedy to coincide with the start of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, but that could change depending on you…
We’ve had quite a few topic suggestions in since our brush with TV stardom, so we thought we’d ask which topics you want us to cover next.
We’ve put up a Facebook question thingy where you can vote for your favourite topic or suggest new ones, but for those who don’t use Facebook feel free to answer in our ask box, or in reblogs etc.
And as ever if you want to do a guest video on any of these or any other topic then be sure to let us know! - Becca x
[First image shows two young white women holding a pair of protest signs in reference to the Michigan House of Representatives banning speakers who used the word “vagina” on the house floor. The first reads “I CUNT believe she said VAGINA!!” and the second reads “TWAT was she thinking?!”. If anyone can give me the original source I’d appreciate it, I found it here on Feministing.
Second image shows a black and white line up of six women of different shapes, sizes and weights wearing swimwear. Underneath each woman is their name, their Olympic sport, their height and their weight. Image originally from Sports Illustrated for Women, taken here from sumptuous.com - why don’t you look like a fitness model?
Third image shows British comedian Josie Long, a white woman with short brown hair, standing against a white wall smiling at the camera. It was taken by Idil Sukan on Flickr.]
Oops, in all the excitement over us hitting 1,000 subscribers I forgot to post this week’s TOPIC ANNOUNCEMENT! So let’s do that now…
THIS WEEK: We’ll be talking Feminism in the Media/ZOMG WE WERE ON TELLY!! This will give us a chance to debrief on the whole experience and maybe give you a bit more background to our part in the show.
NEXT WEEK: We’ve pencilled in Reclaiming Words, which could include “feminism is not a dirty word”, “vagina is not a dirty word”, and a probably a few more salty terms too…
THE WEEK AFTER: We’ll be looking at Women in Sport to celebrate the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
And that’s your lot!
A note for our shiny new followers; every week (normally on a Sunday!) we put up a post like this telling you what we’ll be talking about this week, and for the two weeks after. Although our planned topics do sometimes change this gives you a bit of a heads up and provides inspiration to some of our aspiring guest vloggers.
So if you’d like to submit a guest video on any of these topics (or any other topic) please let us know.
We’ve also had quite a few topic suggestions this week, so if there’s anything you’d really like us to talk about let us know that too. - Becca x
[First image is a TV screengrab taken from BBC iPlayer. It shows five women sitting on a sofa with arms up mid-surprise while a sixth woman shows raises her arms to display her armpits.
Second image shows two young white women holding a pair of protest signs in reference to the Michigan House of Representatives banning speakers who used the word “vagina” on the house floor. The first reads “I CUNT believe she said VAGINA!!” and the second reads “TWAT was she thinking?!”. If anyone can give me the original source I’d appreciate it, I found it here on Feministing.
Third image shows a black and white line up of six women of different shapes, sizes and weights wearing swimwear. Underneath each woman is their name, their Olympic sport, their height and their weight. Image originally from Sports Illustrated for Women, taken here from sumptuous.com - why don’t you look like a fitness model?]
Today’s TOPIC ANNOUCEMENT is brought to you by the letter A and the number 3 as in AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH WE’RE GOING TO BE ON TV IN THREE DAYS!!!1!1
Our episode (this Wednesday, 9pm, BBC3) is titled “Can Looks Change Your Life?” and is all about the importance we place on appearance and whether vanity is necessarily a negative concept. So fittingly…
THIS WEEK: we’re talking about body positivity, and how we can learn to love our bodies and love the way we look in spite of the many societal messages to the contrary. Then…
NEXT WEEK: We’ll be talking about portrayals feminism in the media, which gives us an excuse to talk about our TV appearance some more. And finally…
THE WEEK AFTER: We’ll be reclaiming words, or possibly arguing why we shouldn’t. Only time will tell.
So, UK folks make sure you tune in this Wednesday at 9pm to BBC3 to catch our Grand Televisual Début, and we’ll post some info about how non-UK folks can watch later in the week.
And for all you radio lovers make sure you’re listening to Women’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 10am tomorrow morning as Cherry Healey will be on talking about the show and might give us a mention.
That’s it for this week, as ever if you’re interested in doing a guest video on any of the topics listed (or any other topic) let us know! - Becca x
[First image is an illustration showing a line up of thirteen women all of different shapes, sizes and ethnicities. A caption above the line up reads “beauty” and a caption below reads “in every shape and size”. Image was drawn by vonnie-seiyuki-chan on DeviantArt.
Second image is a TV screengrab taken from BBC iPlayer. It shows five women sitting on a sofa with arms up mid-surprise while a sixth woman shows raises her arms to display her armpits.
Third image shows two young white women holding a pair of protest signs in reference to the Michigan House of Representatives banning speakers who used the word “vagina” on the house floor. The first reads “I CUNT believe she said VAGINA!!” and the second reads “TWAT was she thinking?!”. If anyone can give me the original source I’d appreciate it, I found it here on Feministing.
