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more about #sluts more comments → taewans: I think the prejorative use of "slut" is less about sex than it is about normative behaviour. A slut is typically a woman who has sex with many people... more » The Queen of No: Well, I mean.. if a girl is using it to describe herself with pride, that's awesome. If a girl is using it to describe a friend with props, that's coo... more » IvyArbor: I think Tina Fey said it best in Mean Girls when she told the ladies, "You have got to stop calling each other sluts and whores; that just makes it OK... more » vulcanized: Many years ago, Sarah "Sars" Bunting wrote this screed on the word "slut" for her website. I've always loved it. It's long and a little dated, but i... more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Also, I am going to be the last person to tell a teenager what a word should mean. I remember distinctly telling my father that "He-Man sucked!" and m... more » ides: It reminds me of that My So-Called Life episode when Angela is left off the freshman girl list but Sharon gets named for her breasts and Ray-Ann gets ... more » morninggloria: I prefer "slutbanger." Much more empowering. more » LovelyHue: As people have said, slut originated as a word with negative connotations. It was meant as an insult. I cannot imagine it being used in a positive c... more » Penny: I should also add that the reason girls may have been unhappy to have not been on the list is simple, at that age, girls are pretty much programmed (I... more » Erda: I think people like E.D. Hill should question why girls are so eager to be labeled as "sluts." Is it perhaps because the alternative you give them (b... more » Penny: A few things....and I am really only responding to this because I just got a livid IM from a friend about this post. The word "slut" cannot be compar... more » rixatrix: Listen, the problem is not with the word "slut" and who's using it on whom, and in what context. The problem is that we don't have MORE pejorative wor... more » Perpetual Ingenue: I think the word prude has become ten times more caustic and hurtful than the word slut these days. Imagine someone compiling a list of the high schoo... more » kithkin: This really reminds me of the "cunt" debate--and I don't want to turn this comment into a rehash of it, just pointing out a similarity--and I don't li... more » Thus Spake KATE!: I don't really know how I feel about this whole reclaimation of insults thing. I guess I'm still out on the fence about it because I think that the su... more » -
#viewaskew
Can "Slut" Be A Positive Term?
Today, The View discussed a high school hazing tradition whereby senior girls compile a public "slut list" of incoming freshmen. For the girls, "slut" doesn't have a negative connotation. Guest co-host E.D. Hill says "that's a sick way to think." More » -
#thetwits
#Urahoe: More Proof Of The Stupidity Of Twitter Trending Topics
Thanks Twitter, for bringing us first #liesgirlstell, and now trending topic #urahoe, in which users list ways to determine if a woman is a "hoe." More » -
#crapblogfromadude
Highly Evolved He-Man Schools World About Sluts
A number of readers have written us about the charming, virile blogger Roissy and his guide to identifying sluts. -
