WordSlut: A feminist guide to taking back the English language

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐭: 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐌𝐨n𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥

WordSlut: A feminist guide to taking back the English language by Amanda Montell

You're right, the book is as sassy as it sounds. There's only two ways I can write about this book, either a 20 page long essay or a one phrase description: 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗. Anyway, for your sake and mine, I will write a teensy bit more about it because I know some of you would still not be convinced that it's a book you MUST read. So, our beloved Amanda (at least mine) decided to find out and tell us about how words in the English language have changed over time, especially due to the influence of patriarchy. How words like slut, bitch, and sissy came into being. How we've been hard-wired to think of women who swear as those lacking morals and how women using fillers or hedge words like like, of course, I think, like, like, like have been attributed to them not being confident enough about what they're saying (read on to find out what it really is a sign of), and how women 'interrupting' other women while talking by saying 'right, of course, yeah' aren't them interrupting the other BUT encouraging them to go on, showing their appreciation and support and making them feel belonged and why (obviously) men hate veing interrupted so much (all the more by a woman). The book will also tell you why calling women bitches is wrong and why and how it isn't. (Absolutely loved this bit.) I can't possibly cover all she's written and how important it all is, but I can and will urge you to read the marvelous gem that 'Wordslut' is. Also, a huge thanks to @once.upon. for introducing me to this book that I will quote, recommend, and use to my defense all the damn time. Go read it already, y'all (not 'guys' because the book!)