Comments on: Fucking Friday: Bitch.

By: JohnR

JohnR — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:58:01 +0000

xJane, this is a great start to the Fucking Friday series. I don’t think any of us can top this!

By: xJane

xJane — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:03:27 +0000

heh, sorry, that was me being super lazy. I fixed them—they’re now links

By: Chandelle

Chandelle — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:48:03 +0000

What were the artist/songs of the two that won’t embed?

By: Chandelle

Chandelle — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:47:27 +0000

I can see how someone else might apply those terms to women alone, but personally I think they apply well to both sexes. I get your point, though.

By: xJane

xJane — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:46:03 +0000

G: *collects her bitches*

Chandelle: “overbearing, judgmental, egotistical, and nagging”…not to play the gender card, but if you were a man, that would be “a good leader, decisive, proud, and knows exactly what he wants & gets it”

gah! they don’t work! I’m sorry, everyone: embedding was disabled for those ones. If you’re curious, you can get them on youtube.

By: Chandelle

Chandelle — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:57:34 +0000

Oh man…I’m such a bitch. I really am. And I know people call me that behind my back. I don’t know how hard it is to reclaim the name as something to be proud of. I grew up with the queen of all bitches and to me, a bitch is simply an overbearing, judgmental, egotistical, nagging woman who has to have her way in everything. And yes, that’s basically how I am. I’ve been working for years to stop being such a bitch. I really don’t know how to find balance and simply think of it as a term for a strong woman and not as embodying a lot of traits that I consider less than positive.

(Thanks for the vids, though; two didn’t work, but that Brooks and Anouk brought back some memories!)

By: Lessie

Lessie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:35:41 +0000

I would so love a bitch shirt Oddly enough, I have some friends in graphic design. Wonder if I could have them contribute to the cause . . .

By: G

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:34:19 +0000

oh xjane! I’d love to be your bitch!

By: xJane

xJane — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:11:06 +0000

Lessie: you’re welcome If I ever make my bitch shirt, I’ll see if I can do some extras!

Elaine: that reminded me—my step-mother-in-law got me You Say I’m a Bitch Like It’s a Bad Thing for xmas one year (I kept it on my desk at work). So last year, I got her That’s Queen Bitch to You!. I’m vaguely hoping for I Bitch, Therefore I Am this year. Both of us agree that it loses some coolness by having been written/compiled by two men, but perhaps they’re bitches in their own right.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:58:17 +0000

Beautiful, xJane.

You know, I decided awhile back that being a bitch is a survival strategy in today’s world.

And, I’ve always loved the license plate frames I see around once in awhile that read: “You say I’m a bitch like it’s a bad thing.”

Also, thanks for the knitting link. Dedicated knitter that I am, I will likely make use of that site.

Hope to have my meditation on “shit” finished soon, by the way. It would probably be closer to done, but it was a busy work week.

By: Lessie

Lessie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:10:35 +0000

Oh my god, xJane. This is an awesome post. Bitch has been a word I’ve been trying to make sense of. I like the way you’ve reclaimed it, using it to describe the good, the bad, and the ugly. I love flexible words