[Vision2020] The new The Saga Continues...
keely emerinemix
kjajmix1 at msn.com
Wed Nov 18 09:22:21 PST 2009
And, of course, there's the verb "to bitch," which means complaining to your friends of either gender about the inconvenience of having to have sex-less snow tires put on your equally sex-less car by Les Schwab attendants both male and female who work hard but nonetheless have six hours of cars ahead of you -- six hours of work on cars driven by women and men who are also complaining to their guy and gal friends about the wait. Synonyms here might be "whine, moan, and gripe," and not one of them describes only female behavior.
So while the noun and the adjective originally referred negatively to women, I guess the verb form hearkens back to the days when men perceived that even the mildest, most tepid complaint from their women was mere confirmation that, darn it all, they needed to be watched out for.
Particularly if it was "that time of the month." You know how we get . . .
Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
From: suehovey at moscow.com
To: kjajmix1 at msn.com; deco at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The new The Saga Continues...
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:32:04 -0800
So we do....There is, perhaps, a perceived
distinction between "bitchy" and "bitch," though. One is a noun, the other
an adjective and by inference less pejorative. And I don't tally by gender so
what you say may be true in my world, too.
Sue H
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We do live in different worlds . . .
Keely
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From: deco at moscow.com
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Date: Tue, 17
Nov 2009 17:43:06 -0800
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We must live in two different worlds. In mine "bitchy" means
childishly petulant. In my world women use the term much more than men,
and use it unisexually.
W.
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I'm with Gary on this one (sorry, Gary). "Bitchy" and
forms thereof may be something leveled at a guy, like "Hey, dude, just stop
bitchin' about it!" But at its core, and as the etymology confirms,
it's the denigrating of a woman by likening her to a she-dog. When
McCain staffers called Hillary Clinton a bitch, the offense wasn't that they
were mean to her; they could just as easily have said she was "an arrogant
a--hole" or something equally snotty. But "bitch" is the pejorative
you need when you want to cut a woman down or put her in her place, and even
its recent androgynous use -- along the lines of "Hey, car bitch! Go
get my Corvette!" for the parking valet -- is meant to demean the object as
someone worthy of dismissal and denigration.
And women know
"dismissal" and "denigration" all too well . . .
Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
From: deco at moscow.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009
14:02:27 -0800
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I am unaware that calling anyone, man or woman, "bitchy"
is sexist, but a matter of fact in the context of "arms
akimbo."
Perhaps, you need to stop looking at the world through
keyholes.
W.
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I think she looks.....fine.
What's amusing is a remark that denies
the out of context use of the photo as sexist followed by comment that
includes the term "bitchy."
g
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Perhaps I missed something, but where does it say it
was used without permission. I do not have access to the contract
between Runner's World and Ms. Palin, but in my experience such
photo shoot contracts give total control of the material created to the
payer for the photo shoot. Perhaps you have other
information.
In any case, Palin did give permission for the photo
to be used by Runner's World. I hardly think the
photo sexist, but with her arms akimbo, she does look a little
bitchy.
W.
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Considering the text on that cover and
the fact that the photo was taken for an article to appear in Runners
World magazine and used without permission one sort of has to wonder
how this rag justifies calling itself "Newsweek." Perhaps Left Wing
Opinionweak would be more appropriate. Considering their dwindling
circulation, I suppose it hardly matters.
g
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Let's see. Didn't she
pose for the photo at issue for distribution in a magazine, or was
that some egregious impostor?
Palin slams 'sexist' Newsweek cover
Posted: November 17th, 2009 12:06 PM
ET
>From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Palin is not happy with the latest
Newsweek cover.
(CNN) - Sarah Palin's
image is everywhere as she launches a highly-anticipated book tour
this week, but the former Alaska governor is unhappy with at least
one media organization's depiction of her.
Palin took aim at
Newsweek's eye-catching cover this week that shows the former vice
presidential candidate in her running outfit - an image that was apparently lifted from a
Runner's World photo shoot months ago. Writing on
her Facebook page Monday night, Palin said the
depiction is flat out "sexist, and oh-so-expected."
"The choice
of photo for the cover of this week's Newsweek is unfortunate. When
it comes to Sarah Palin, this 'news' magazine has relished focusing
on the irrelevant rather than the relevant," Palin wrote. "The
out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist, and oh-so-expected by
now."
"If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you
shouldn't judge a book by its cover, gender, or color of skin. The
media will do anything to draw attention – even if out of context,"
Palin also said.
The photo is accompanied by text that states
"How Do You Solve A Problem Like Sarah? She's bad news for the GOP -
and for everybody else too."
Palin has held back few punches at
the media in the initial stages of her publicity tour. The
former governor slammed
the Associated Press for its recent fact check that
took issue with several of the memoir's contentions and, in
her Oprah appearance that aired Monday, Palin slammed
the way the media treated her family during the campaign.
The
Alaska Republican also doesn't hold back in her book, writing at one
point, "I had been out of journalism for a long time, and it was
pretty obvious the rules had changed. I felt sick about the depths
to which some in the press had apparently sunk, not because it was
unfair to me and John, but because it was unfair to the American
electorate."
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