(December 10, 2013 at 7:04 am)Kiko Wrote: Nigger (nigga) and queer have more or less been reclaimed, at least to a large extent, so I wonder if it's doable with slut. Slut has been used for a long time, just like the other two words, but nigger (nigga) and queer have been reclaimed quite successfully.I don't know if it has been successful. While I appreciate the attempt to reclaim, rebrand, and defang a word like "nigger," has it really worked? Or has it only worked in the African American community?
When white boys call each other "nigga," is that a good thing, or bad? It makes me feel slightly uncomfortable that kids would be so unaware of the vicious, bloody history of that word that they would casually use it. Is that indicative of its success? Or is that success a double-edged sword?
Quote:What are the pros and cons of reclaiming the word SLUT?Slut is also a horrible word. I hear girls calling each other this all the time, so the reclaiming has begun, but my experience is that girls are also using it in a sexually judgmental way. "Nigga" is about claiming race. "Slut" is about claiming... bad sexual behavior?
It saddens me to hear girls use this word on each other lightly.
Good question, OP.
