A FRESH ARTICLE :: IS BITCH THE NEW BLACK?
A RECENT ARTICLE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT FRESHXPRESS
It seems as if lately, women (especially African American women) have been wearing the label “bitch” like it’s Superwoman’s cape. I don’t know when this started (perhaps Trina’s to blame) but I am appalled with what ease the term rolls off of men’s tongues and how de-sensitized we, as a females, have become to it.
I guess this all started when I was reading the Facebook status of one of my male friend’s after the VMAs. It read “Alicia Keys was the finest bitch there tonight.” I thought to myself dag, I understand what he was trying to say but did he have to call her out of her name to get his point across?
And I guess that what baffles me even more is why I don’t hear any women really protesting it. It seems that as long as there’s a semi- positive adjective in front of it like “fine,” “independent,” “or “5-star” then it’s acceptable–most of us will answer to it. Hell, some of us will even make it our Facebook status or our ringtone. But like we call a spade a spade, let’s call a bitch what it really is “a female dog.” It’s an offensive, demeaning term and I don’t understand how any of us can voluntarily answer to it or even assign the term to ourselves regardless of what adjective you put in front, behind, or against it.
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