Words to use carefully, a PSA
Bitch. Cripple. Dyke.* Only some people can get away with using these words—and only sometimes, and in certain circumstances. The rules are…
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Lame is so gay — a rant
Using lame as a derogatory term is as dangerous and ill-considered as using the term gay in the same context. I know. I’m both: I’m a dyke and I have MS. I walk with elbow crutches. I am, literally, lame.
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From: Sly An excerpt (from And Now We Are Going to Have a Party): “I imagined the officer nodding self-importantly and reporting…
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Nicola Griffith 