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I'll say it again: it's not the words, it's the intent.
You may find it just fine and dandy to characterize women who dress a certain way or have X number of sexual encounters as sluts, but I disagree with those assessments. Why the hell not speak out about it? Since when am I obliged to approve of someone's ignorance? And I'll be damned if I'll ever find myself approving of it to "protect words."
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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