β Scribed by Amanda Montell
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
"A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us ..."--Dust jacket, front flap;Chapter 0: meet sociolinguistics: what all the cool feminists are talking about -- chapter 1: slutty skank hoes and nasty dykes: a comprehensive list of gendered insults i hate (but also kind of love?) -- chapter 2: wait ... what does the word woman mean anyway?: plus other questions of sex, gender, and the language behind them -- chapter 3: "mm-hmm, girl, you're right": how women talk to each other when dudes aren't around -- chapter 4: women didn't ruin the english language -- they, like, invented it -- chapter 5: how to embarass the shit out of people who try to correct your grammar -- chapter 6: how to confuse a catcaller (and other ways to verbally smash the patriarchy) -- chapter 7: fuck it: an ode to cursing while female -- chapter 8: "cackling" clinton and "sexy" scarjo: the struggle of being a woman in public -- chapter 9: time to make this book just a little bit gayer -- chapter 10: cyclops, panty puppet, bald-headed bastard (and 100+ other things to call your genitalia) -- chapter 11: so ... in one thousand years, will women rule the english language?
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory
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Fourteen-year-old Mona isnβt like the wizards charged with defending the city. She canβt control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her auntβs bakery making gingerbread men dance. But Monaβs life is turne
Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt's bakery making gingerbread men dance. But Mona's life is turne