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Her tone was not just "informative". It was accusatory LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 04/04/2012 10:17:57 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 2207 Views
"Written by a female with femalist themes" Vivien - 03/04/2012 04:38:54 PM 1001 Views
Ok, I did and basically it's garbage. *NM* Vivien - 03/04/2012 04:53:00 PM 817 Views
I grant that I haven't read the Hunger Games yet LadyLorraine - 03/04/2012 05:10:38 PM 942 Views
No, it's totally off. *NM* Aeryn - 03/04/2012 05:39:03 PM 809 Views
fair enough. like I said, I haven't read it yet. *NM* LadyLorraine - 03/04/2012 07:20:34 PM 756 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 846 Views
I can only speak for the film, which was not feminist. ironclad - 03/04/2012 06:01:18 PM 910 Views
Where do I start? Vivien - 03/04/2012 07:43:18 PM 921 Views
Hermoine was the most kick ass of the Potter kids. MightyYT - 04/04/2012 03:08:17 AM 785 Views
So? Hunger Games has lots of male characters. Vivien - 04/04/2012 05:30:21 AM 841 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 907 Views
His racism point... Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:32:43 PM 726 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 829 Views
Why don't you think the Hunger Games are feminist? Vivien - 03/04/2012 11:17:53 PM 930 Views
Why would I consider it to be femenist? A Deathwatch Guard - 04/04/2012 01:51:24 AM 818 Views
I just don't consider feminism as something that has to be radical. Vivien - 04/04/2012 05:42:59 AM 892 Views
Completely agree with your first paragraph ironclad - 04/04/2012 08:22:35 AM 869 Views
Re: Completely agree with your first paragraph DomA - 04/04/2012 01:43:55 PM 834 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 820 Views
Unfortunately truly ordinary female characters are so rare that the exceptions stand out Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:49:16 PM 871 Views
Fair enough ironclad - 04/04/2012 02:33:22 PM 917 Views
Stop using female as a noun! Vivien - 04/04/2012 03:51:13 PM 821 Views
It's stuff like that that makes you lose cred ironclad - 04/04/2012 05:26:24 PM 829 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 822 Views
I don't think Jens was really using it that way, though LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:34:28 PM 753 Views
Thank you! ironclad - 04/04/2012 08:03:38 PM 860 Views
Of course he didn't intend it that way, but that's how it sounds. Legolas - 04/04/2012 08:06:03 PM 839 Views
I understand that, but it's still such a ridiculous thing to get fussed over LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 09:20:01 PM 875 Views
You are rather exaggerating just how "fussed" anyone did get, you do realize. Legolas - 04/04/2012 09:51:22 PM 792 Views
Her tone was not just "informative". It was accusatory LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:17:57 PM 767 Views
Female is perfectly acceptable to use in a medical/clinical setting. *NM* Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:36:57 PM 1007 Views
so if your problem is people using it disparagingly... LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:45:10 PM 737 Views
That's not what I said. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:51:41 PM 850 Views
I'm going to have to just outright disagree with you then. *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:54:25 PM 783 Views
Which flies in the face of it's ordinary usage, which smacks of needless revisionism. Dan - 06/04/2012 09:42:15 AM 774 Views
Oh please. Stop telling females to shut up. *NM* Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:45:58 PM 827 Views
If I wanted to be accusatory... Vivien - 04/04/2012 11:05:37 PM 798 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 851 Views
Are you a native English speaker, Legolas? (Clarified to preempt possible internet tears) Dan - 06/04/2012 09:29:28 AM 822 Views
Nope. (edit) Legolas - 06/04/2012 07:23:54 PM 817 Views
Re: Nope. (edit) Dan - 07/04/2012 04:51:30 AM 882 Views
"Female that"? That's even worse. Legolas - 07/04/2012 11:42:00 AM 775 Views
Ok. Dan - 07/04/2012 03:27:16 PM 1054 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 771 Views
However he meant it, it was unpleasant to read. Just use "woman" instead. *NM* Aeryn - 05/04/2012 08:13:13 PM 723 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 829 Views
I think the language difference is really interesting. nossy - 05/04/2012 03:13:03 PM 831 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 897 Views
LOL! You don't say... DomA - 06/04/2012 05:06:20 PM 801 Views
LOL u so mad Dan - 06/04/2012 06:19:28 PM 789 Views
The prospect of "losing cred" is not going to stop me from speaking my mind. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:30:03 PM 787 Views
My dear Aeryn - 09/04/2012 01:07:34 PM 830 Views
LOL ironclad - 09/04/2012 01:57:53 PM 681 Views
guess what, it is a noun. *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:26:39 PM 667 Views
That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. nossy - 04/04/2012 08:19:02 PM 793 Views
well it's important that you say "female human" LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 09:28:45 PM 787 Views
Re: That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. Vivien - 04/04/2012 10:48:07 PM 780 Views
wait, so now you're claiming it's a grammatical thing? *NM* LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 10:58:31 PM 788 Views
No, I have issues with words that begin with the letter f. Vivien - 04/04/2012 11:09:45 PM 812 Views
ooookay then. LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 11:11:23 PM 863 Views
Re: That's the first time I have ever heard/seen anyone say that. nossy - 05/04/2012 02:08:26 AM 843 Views
Re: Stop using female as a noun! dacole - 05/04/2012 02:18:47 PM 731 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 769 Views
For the record, I certainly don't think you're crazy town. nossy - 05/04/2012 07:23:18 PM 779 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 797 Views
Fascinating. Vivien - 06/04/2012 09:54:47 PM 832 Views
Re: Fascinating. Dan - 07/04/2012 03:54:26 AM 806 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 805 Views
What a joke. Do you even know what grammar is? Dan - 07/04/2012 05:57:40 AM 856 Views
Oh, come off it. This should be the point where you admit to being wrong. Legolas - 07/04/2012 12:11:07 PM 745 Views
Sorry, no. Read better. Dan - 07/04/2012 02:23:10 PM 777 Views
*deletes long reply* Let's focus on the essence here. Legolas - 07/04/2012 06:38:08 PM 757 Views
Re: *deletes long reply* Let's focus on the essence here. Dan - 07/04/2012 09:26:34 PM 868 Views
Aha, we found the problem Aeryn - 09/04/2012 01:03:35 PM 857 Views
You're being disingenuous. Aeryn - 09/04/2012 12:57:38 PM 782 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 789 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 676 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 782 Views
To be fair Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:37:25 PM 823 Views
You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Aeryn - 04/04/2012 01:46:16 PM 844 Views
Re: You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Artsapat - 04/04/2012 02:23:33 PM 795 Views
Re: You didn't see thmovie? She is far from passive Bored - 04/04/2012 07:51:46 PM 801 Views
This Cannoli - 05/04/2012 12:20:04 AM 788 Views
Interesting. I really need to read these books soon, evidently. *NM* Legolas - 03/04/2012 10:52:43 PM 756 Views
I got half way through the review and got bored. MightyYT - 04/04/2012 03:09:58 AM 764 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 832 Views
I think that might be debatable Cannoli - 05/04/2012 06:59:35 PM 807 Views
She still made plenty of choices and she did choose to kill. Vivien - 05/04/2012 07:13:47 PM 757 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 851 Views
Out of curiosity (this off topic) LadyLorraine - 04/04/2012 07:32:25 PM 753 Views
Rachel, of course. Cannoli - 05/04/2012 12:17:41 AM 818 Views
Well. Now I've actually seen it. (mild spoilers) Legolas - 09/04/2012 12:17:03 AM 866 Views
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