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If I wanted to be accusatory... Vivien Send a noteboard - 04/04/2012 11:05:37 PM
If I wanted to be accusatory, I wouldn't have simply pointed it out and asked for it to stop.

Jens' post used female as a noun no less than 3 times. The one time that he used the word male in the same post he correctly used it as an adjective in the phrase "male character". Somehow, he knows that "male" is best used as an adjective and has no problem doing so without even thinking about it, let alone after having it be pointed out to him.


And the thing is, it's not a common connotation OF THE WORD in my understanding. It's something that people are saying with their TONE, not the word itself. They could be saying "tulip" and have the same exact meaning. nossy speaks English has her first language, and it was news to her.

And, in general, people making simple definitive terminology used by most of the scientific and medical community into insults irritates me. It's not just this post that I'm referring to as "fuss".
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The Hunger Games gets a ... different kind of review. Artsapat - 03/04/2012 03:37:39 PM 2457 Views
"Written by a female with femalist themes" Vivien - 03/04/2012 04:38:54 PM 1206 Views
Ok, I did and basically it's garbage. *NM* Vivien - 03/04/2012 04:53:00 PM 1037 Views
I grant that I haven't read the Hunger Games yet LadyLorraine - 03/04/2012 05:10:38 PM 1162 Views
No, it's totally off. *NM* Aeryn - 03/04/2012 05:39:03 PM 1017 Views
fair enough. like I said, I haven't read it yet. *NM* LadyLorraine - 03/04/2012 07:20:34 PM 958 Views
It's not. That's what shallow idiots say about things where women have power or physical skills *NM* Cannoli - 04/04/2012 03:45:22 PM 1033 Views
I can only speak for the film, which was not feminist. ironclad - 03/04/2012 06:01:18 PM 1125 Views
Where do I start? Vivien - 03/04/2012 07:43:18 PM 1127 Views
Hermoine was the most kick ass of the Potter kids. MightyYT - 04/04/2012 03:08:17 AM 978 Views
So? Hunger Games has lots of male characters. Vivien - 04/04/2012 05:30:21 AM 1030 Views
But that is exactly what feminist means "it could have been a boy just as well" Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:42:43 PM 1128 Views
His racism point... Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:32:43 PM 933 Views
Makes me almost wish I knew the source material so I could judge what he is saying A Deathwatch Guard - 03/04/2012 10:50:48 PM 1020 Views
Why don't you think the Hunger Games are feminist? Vivien - 03/04/2012 11:17:53 PM 1124 Views
Why would I consider it to be femenist? A Deathwatch Guard - 04/04/2012 01:51:24 AM 1030 Views
I just don't consider feminism as something that has to be radical. Vivien - 04/04/2012 05:42:59 AM 1093 Views
Completely agree with your first paragraph ironclad - 04/04/2012 08:22:35 AM 1097 Views
Re: Completely agree with your first paragraph DomA - 04/04/2012 01:43:55 PM 1051 Views
To you "feminist" is a dirty word? To me, it means acceptable. Differences in definitions I think Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:50:32 PM 1007 Views
Unfortunately truly ordinary female characters are so rare that the exceptions stand out Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:49:16 PM 1079 Views
Fair enough ironclad - 04/04/2012 02:33:22 PM 1127 Views
Stop using female as a noun! Vivien - 04/04/2012 03:51:13 PM 1013 Views
It's stuff like that that makes you lose cred ironclad - 04/04/2012 05:26:24 PM 1067 Views
It's fairly derogatory as a noun, though, have to agree with Vivien on that one. Legolas - 04/04/2012 07:30:18 PM 1020 Views
I don't think Jens was really using it that way, though LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:34:28 PM 938 Views
Thank you! ironclad - 04/04/2012 08:03:38 PM 1052 Views
Of course he didn't intend it that way, but that's how it sounds. Legolas - 04/04/2012 08:06:03 PM 1035 Views
I understand that, but it's still such a ridiculous thing to get fussed over LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 09:20:01 PM 1082 Views
You are rather exaggerating just how "fussed" anyone did get, you do realize. Legolas - 04/04/2012 09:51:22 PM 991 Views
Her tone was not just "informative". It was accusatory LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:17:57 PM 962 Views
Female is perfectly acceptable to use in a medical/clinical setting. *NM* Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:36:57 PM 1197 Views
so if your problem is people using it disparagingly... LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:45:10 PM 938 Views
That's not what I said. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:51:41 PM 1107 Views
I'm going to have to just outright disagree with you then. *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:54:25 PM 998 Views
Which flies in the face of it's ordinary usage, which smacks of needless revisionism. Dan - 06/04/2012 09:42:15 AM 1000 Views
Oh please. Stop telling females to shut up. *NM* Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:45:58 PM 1089 Views
If I wanted to be accusatory... Vivien - 04/04/2012 11:05:37 PM 1003 Views
Accusatory of what.i think you meant annoyed. So youre annoyed she was annoyed? Let's out this to re *NM* Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:44:17 PM 1070 Views
Are you a native English speaker, Legolas? (Clarified to preempt possible internet tears) Dan - 06/04/2012 09:29:28 AM 1039 Views
Nope. (edit) Legolas - 06/04/2012 07:23:54 PM 1035 Views
Re: Nope. (edit) Dan - 07/04/2012 04:51:30 AM 1097 Views
"Female that"? That's even worse. Legolas - 07/04/2012 11:42:00 AM 969 Views
Ok. Dan - 07/04/2012 03:27:16 PM 1281 Views
Let's try and whittle this down some so as to help you with the quotes. Legolas - 07/04/2012 05:42:32 PM 977 Views
However he meant it, it was unpleasant to read. Just use "woman" instead. *NM* Aeryn - 05/04/2012 08:13:13 PM 945 Views
Re: It's fairly derogatory as a noun, though, have to agree with Vivien on that one. DomA - 05/04/2012 02:21:21 AM 1036 Views
I think the language difference is really interesting. nossy - 05/04/2012 03:13:03 PM 1063 Views
English is not French, and it's not German. Particularly the connotations of American English words Dan - 06/04/2012 09:39:00 AM 1123 Views
LOL! You don't say... DomA - 06/04/2012 05:06:20 PM 1010 Views
LOL u so mad Dan - 06/04/2012 06:19:28 PM 1014 Views
The prospect of "losing cred" is not going to stop me from speaking my mind. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:30:03 PM 988 Views
My dear Aeryn - 09/04/2012 01:07:34 PM 1053 Views
LOL ironclad - 09/04/2012 01:57:53 PM 871 Views
guess what, it is a noun. *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:26:39 PM 864 Views
That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. nossy - 04/04/2012 08:19:02 PM 1016 Views
well it's important that you say "female human" LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 09:28:45 PM 972 Views
Re: That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:48:07 PM 971 Views
wait, so now you're claiming it's a grammatical thing? *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:58:31 PM 987 Views
No, I have issues with words that begin with the letter f. Vivien - 04/04/2012 11:09:45 PM 1013 Views
ooookay then. LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 11:11:23 PM 1065 Views
Re: That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. nossy - 05/04/2012 02:08:26 AM 1050 Views
Re: Stop using female as a noun! dacole - 05/04/2012 02:18:47 PM 916 Views
If dislike of the use of female as a noun makes me crazy town, I'm not the only crazy in here. Vivien - 05/04/2012 05:59:16 PM 964 Views
For the record, I certainly don't think you're crazy town. nossy - 05/04/2012 07:23:18 PM 996 Views
Oh, so now we're using 'dislike' instead of 'should'. It's funny how you fell back on that. Dan - 06/04/2012 10:01:59 AM 1011 Views
Fascinating. Vivien - 06/04/2012 09:54:47 PM 1012 Views
Re: Fascinating. Dan - 07/04/2012 03:54:26 AM 1015 Views
Just in case (however slim that chance may be) you are genuinely interested in citations/references. Vivien - 07/04/2012 05:34:37 AM 1000 Views
What a joke. Do you even know what grammar is? Dan - 07/04/2012 05:57:40 AM 1070 Views
Oh, come off it. This should be the point where you admit to being wrong. Legolas - 07/04/2012 12:11:07 PM 936 Views
Sorry, no. Read better. Dan - 07/04/2012 02:23:10 PM 973 Views
*deletes long reply* Let's focus on the essence here. Legolas - 07/04/2012 06:38:08 PM 965 Views
Re: *deletes long reply* Let's focus on the essence here. Dan - 07/04/2012 09:26:34 PM 1103 Views
Aha, we found the problem Aeryn - 09/04/2012 01:03:35 PM 1076 Views
You're being disingenuous. Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:57:38 PM 991 Views
Re: If dislike of the use of female as a noun makes me crazy town, I'm not the only crazy in here. dacole - 09/04/2012 03:09:06 AM 990 Views
Nothing wrong with your use of female. You should ignore those crazy foreigners saying otherwise. *NM* snoopcester - 06/04/2012 02:49:41 PM 856 Views
I think I'll start saying males instead of men. If the males here don't mind? *NM* Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:58:54 PM 983 Views
To be fair Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:37:25 PM 1017 Views
You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:46:16 PM 1035 Views
Re: You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:23:33 PM 981 Views
Re: You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Bored - 04/04/2012 07:51:46 PM 986 Views
This Cannoli - 05/04/2012 12:20:04 AM 983 Views
Interesting. I really need to read these books soon, evidently. *NM* Legolas - 03/04/2012 10:52:43 PM 957 Views
I got half way through the review and got bored. MightyYT - 04/04/2012 03:09:58 AM 986 Views
And it appears the writer of the article completely missed a central point of the story *spoilers* Mat Maniac - 04/04/2012 05:44:40 AM 1029 Views
I think that might be debatable Cannoli - 05/04/2012 06:59:35 PM 1012 Views
She still made plenty of choices and she did choose to kill. Vivien - 05/04/2012 07:13:47 PM 950 Views
The reviewer is kind of full of it, but makes a good point about the character Cannoli - 04/04/2012 04:22:30 PM 1063 Views
Out of curiosity (this off topic) LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:32:25 PM 960 Views
Rachel, of course. Cannoli - 05/04/2012 12:17:41 AM 1070 Views
Well. Now I've actually seen it. (mild spoilers) Legolas - 09/04/2012 12:17:03 AM 1057 Views
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