Teed Rockwell
Mar 10, 2021

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I like the way you referred to the woman as a dick. I've been using that as a substitute term for "bitch", because I don't like the assumption that there is something uniquely wrong about being an angry woman. I've never asked anyone else to do it, because I feel strongly that privileged people should never take the lead on deciding what terms are offensive to marginalized people. (see my article on White Wokeness https://teedrockwell.medium.com/white-wokeness-4104af5b5a85 ) I also think there's too much faith in the idea that we can further social justice by finding new words to ban. But I don't like the sound and feel of the word in my mouth, so I don't use it.

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Teed Rockwell
Teed Rockwell

Written by Teed Rockwell

I am White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Male Heterosexual cisgendered over-educated able-bodied affluent and thin. Hope to learn from those living on the margins.

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