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Accusatory of what.i think you meant annoyed. So youre annoyed she was annoyed? Let's out this to re *NM* Aeryn Send a noteboard - 09/04/2012 12:44:17 PM
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 2134 Views
"Written by a female with femalist themes" Vivien - 03/04/2012 04:38:54 PM 931 Views
Ok, I did and basically it's garbage. *NM* Vivien - 03/04/2012 04:53:00 PM 747 Views
I grant that I haven't read the Hunger Games yet LadyLorraine - 03/04/2012 05:10:38 PM 872 Views
No, it's totally off. *NM* Aeryn - 03/04/2012 05:39:03 PM 735 Views
fair enough. like I said, I haven't read it yet. *NM* LadyLorraine - 03/04/2012 07:20:34 PM 686 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 775 Views
I can only speak for the film, which was not feminist. ironclad - 03/04/2012 06:01:18 PM 844 Views
Where do I start? Vivien - 03/04/2012 07:43:18 PM 844 Views
Hermoine was the most kick ass of the Potter kids. MightyYT - 04/04/2012 03:08:17 AM 713 Views
So? Hunger Games has lots of male characters. Vivien - 04/04/2012 05:30:21 AM 767 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 831 Views
His racism point... Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:32:43 PM 654 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 755 Views
Why don't you think the Hunger Games are feminist? Vivien - 03/04/2012 11:17:53 PM 860 Views
Why would I consider it to be femenist? A Deathwatch Guard - 04/04/2012 01:51:24 AM 740 Views
I just don't consider feminism as something that has to be radical. Vivien - 04/04/2012 05:42:59 AM 822 Views
Completely agree with your first paragraph ironclad - 04/04/2012 08:22:35 AM 800 Views
Re: Completely agree with your first paragraph DomA - 04/04/2012 01:43:55 PM 765 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 751 Views
Unfortunately truly ordinary female characters are so rare that the exceptions stand out Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:49:16 PM 790 Views
Fair enough ironclad - 04/04/2012 02:33:22 PM 835 Views
Stop using female as a noun! Vivien - 04/04/2012 03:51:13 PM 757 Views
It's stuff like that that makes you lose cred ironclad - 04/04/2012 05:26:24 PM 758 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 750 Views
I don't think Jens was really using it that way, though LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:34:28 PM 686 Views
Thank you! ironclad - 04/04/2012 08:03:38 PM 784 Views
Of course he didn't intend it that way, but that's how it sounds. Legolas - 04/04/2012 08:06:03 PM 763 Views
I understand that, but it's still such a ridiculous thing to get fussed over LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 09:20:01 PM 809 Views
You are rather exaggerating just how "fussed" anyone did get, you do realize. Legolas - 04/04/2012 09:51:22 PM 723 Views
Her tone was not just "informative". It was accusatory LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:17:57 PM 700 Views
Female is perfectly acceptable to use in a medical/clinical setting. *NM* Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:36:57 PM 932 Views
so if your problem is people using it disparagingly... LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:45:10 PM 669 Views
That's not what I said. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:51:41 PM 780 Views
I'm going to have to just outright disagree with you then. *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:54:25 PM 714 Views
Which flies in the face of it's ordinary usage, which smacks of needless revisionism. Dan - 06/04/2012 09:42:15 AM 705 Views
Oh please. Stop telling females to shut up. *NM* Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:45:58 PM 751 Views
If I wanted to be accusatory... Vivien - 04/04/2012 11:05:37 PM 733 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 778 Views
Are you a native English speaker, Legolas? (Clarified to preempt possible internet tears) Dan - 06/04/2012 09:29:28 AM 746 Views
Nope. (edit) Legolas - 06/04/2012 07:23:54 PM 748 Views
Re: Nope. (edit) Dan - 07/04/2012 04:51:30 AM 813 Views
"Female that"? That's even worse. Legolas - 07/04/2012 11:42:00 AM 705 Views
Ok. Dan - 07/04/2012 03:27:16 PM 982 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 700 Views
However he meant it, it was unpleasant to read. Just use "woman" instead. *NM* Aeryn - 05/04/2012 08:13:13 PM 643 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 763 Views
I think the language difference is really interesting. nossy - 05/04/2012 03:13:03 PM 757 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 822 Views
LOL! You don't say... DomA - 06/04/2012 05:06:20 PM 734 Views
LOL u so mad Dan - 06/04/2012 06:19:28 PM 733 Views
The prospect of "losing cred" is not going to stop me from speaking my mind. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:30:03 PM 708 Views
My dear Aeryn - 09/04/2012 01:07:34 PM 749 Views
LOL ironclad - 09/04/2012 01:57:53 PM 610 Views
guess what, it is a noun. *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:26:39 PM 596 Views
That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. nossy - 04/04/2012 08:19:02 PM 712 Views
well it's important that you say "female human" LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 09:28:45 PM 722 Views
Re: That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:48:07 PM 711 Views
wait, so now you're claiming it's a grammatical thing? *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:58:31 PM 719 Views
No, I have issues with words that begin with the letter f. Vivien - 04/04/2012 11:09:45 PM 746 Views
ooookay then. LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 11:11:23 PM 803 Views
Re: That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. nossy - 05/04/2012 02:08:26 AM 786 Views
Re: Stop using female as a noun! dacole - 05/04/2012 02:18:47 PM 669 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 697 Views
For the record, I certainly don't think you're crazy town. nossy - 05/04/2012 07:23:18 PM 720 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 728 Views
Fascinating. Vivien - 06/04/2012 09:54:47 PM 761 Views
Re: Fascinating. Dan - 07/04/2012 03:54:26 AM 726 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 738 Views
What a joke. Do you even know what grammar is? Dan - 07/04/2012 05:57:40 AM 775 Views
Oh, come off it. This should be the point where you admit to being wrong. Legolas - 07/04/2012 12:11:07 PM 677 Views
Sorry, no. Read better. Dan - 07/04/2012 02:23:10 PM 712 Views
*deletes long reply* Let's focus on the essence here. Legolas - 07/04/2012 06:38:08 PM 707 Views
Re: *deletes long reply* Let's focus on the essence here. Dan - 07/04/2012 09:26:34 PM 795 Views
Aha, we found the problem Aeryn - 09/04/2012 01:03:35 PM 777 Views
You're being disingenuous. Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:57:38 PM 704 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 726 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 617 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 682 Views
To be fair Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:37:25 PM 755 Views
You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:46:16 PM 773 Views
Re: You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:23:33 PM 728 Views
Re: You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Bored - 04/04/2012 07:51:46 PM 745 Views
This Cannoli - 05/04/2012 12:20:04 AM 722 Views
Interesting. I really need to read these books soon, evidently. *NM* Legolas - 03/04/2012 10:52:43 PM 691 Views
I got half way through the review and got bored. MightyYT - 04/04/2012 03:09:58 AM 700 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 753 Views
I think that might be debatable Cannoli - 05/04/2012 06:59:35 PM 741 Views
She still made plenty of choices and she did choose to kill. Vivien - 05/04/2012 07:13:47 PM 691 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 784 Views
Out of curiosity (this off topic) LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:32:25 PM 684 Views
Rachel, of course. Cannoli - 05/04/2012 12:17:41 AM 733 Views
Well. Now I've actually seen it. (mild spoilers) Legolas - 09/04/2012 12:17:03 AM 797 Views
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