Comments on: I Wrote a little Article http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/ Author of Urban Fantasy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:56:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kis http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-554 kis Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-554 Just read your article and thought, this is why gays and lesbians call each other dykes and fags. Women of the world, take back the word! Take back your cunts!<br/><br/>Sorry, sorry, my problem is that I'm not drunk. Even a wee bit.<br/><br/>I have run across this difficulty myself in my writing. My WIP is fantasy, set in a quasi-10th C Europe. Many of my characters are military types, and not known for using terms like "tender, bedewed cleft" to describe female parts. Pussy was a no-go, and twat is even more unsexy than the Native American "beaver." For whatever reason, I am not a big fan of cunny, either. It's like a cop-out. Really, cunt is the only word that fits the bill.<br/><br/>As an insult, I hate it. In its original context, I like it fine. <br/><br/>And we hear the word fuck in a hateful and derogatory context all the time, but it can still be sexy. In fact it's one of my favorite words in any context. :) Just read your article and thought, this is why gays and lesbians call each other dykes and fags. Women of the world, take back the word! Take back your cunts!

Sorry, sorry, my problem is that I’m not drunk. Even a wee bit.

I have run across this difficulty myself in my writing. My WIP is fantasy, set in a quasi-10th C Europe. Many of my characters are military types, and not known for using terms like “tender, bedewed cleft” to describe female parts. Pussy was a no-go, and twat is even more unsexy than the Native American “beaver.” For whatever reason, I am not a big fan of cunny, either. It’s like a cop-out. Really, cunt is the only word that fits the bill.

As an insult, I hate it. In its original context, I like it fine.

And we hear the word fuck in a hateful and derogatory context all the time, but it can still be sexy. In fact it’s one of my favorite words in any context. :)

]]> By: December Quinn http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-537 December Quinn Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:58:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-537 Lol, Robyn!<br/><br/>Pussy Galore is such a fantastic name, but I always thought Plenty O'Toole ran a close second.<br/><br/><br/>Mike Meyers beat them both with Dixie Normous, though. :-) Lol, Robyn!

Pussy Galore is such a fantastic name, but I always thought Plenty O’Toole ran a close second.

Mike Meyers beat them both with Dixie Normous, though. :-)

]]> By: Robyn http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-536 Robyn Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:26:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-536 The P-word...<br/><br/>just thinking of seeing James Bond and Pussy Galore on t.v. and my mom trying to explain to me...<br/><br/>hee hee... The P-word…

just thinking of seeing James Bond and Pussy Galore on t.v. and my mom trying to explain to me…

hee hee…

]]> By: December Quinn http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-535 December Quinn Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-535 "Twat" lack even the sex appeal of "cunt".<br/><br/>"Twat" is not sexy. Do not use it. <br/><br/>I'm a wee little drunk. “Twat” lack even the sex appeal of “cunt”.

“Twat” is not sexy. Do not use it.

I’m a wee little drunk.

]]> By: Jenn on the Island http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-534 Jenn on the Island Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:48:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-534 Ha! I was thinking about twat the other day. <br/>No, ya gutter thinker, I was contemplating alternate words for a sex scene and wondering if anyone had ever dared to use it in a romance/erotica story. I really don't think it would go over well at all. It was one of our favourite insults in junior high because most of the cool kids didn't know what it meant. Ha! I was thinking about twat the other day.
No, ya gutter thinker, I was contemplating alternate words for a sex scene and wondering if anyone had ever dared to use it in a romance/erotica story. I really don’t think it would go over well at all. It was one of our favourite insults in junior high because most of the cool kids didn’t know what it meant.

]]> By: December Quinn http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-533 December Quinn Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-533 LOL, SW! You must post a picture of you do that!<br/><br/>No, Jenn, you're right. The c-word is historically accurate, the p-word is not. It was used to refer to a woman, but in a sweet, innocent way in the middle ages and for hundreds of years after. <br/><br/>"Twat" is old Norse, though. So it's accurate. Care to use "twat"? :-) Ugh! I really do dislike that one! LOL, SW! You must post a picture of you do that!

No, Jenn, you’re right. The c-word is historically accurate, the p-word is not. It was used to refer to a woman, but in a sweet, innocent way in the middle ages and for hundreds of years after.

“Twat” is old Norse, though. So it’s accurate. Care to use “twat”? :-) Ugh! I really do dislike that one!

]]> By: December Quinn http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-532 December Quinn Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:58:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-532 I know, it's hard to get past the use of it as an insult. It's not easy to see it any way other than as a degrading word. I just think we should try, because it is a useful word. :-) But I do understand. And you know, it occured to me last night--when I use it in sex scenes, it's always SEX scenes. I don't use it in my more romantic love scenes, just in the down-and-dirty ones. <br/><br/>Unconscious prejudice, or another example of choosing words carefully? <br/><br/><br/>I am really pleased it made you guys think, though-that's the best kind of flattery in the world! We'll start a crusade! I know, it’s hard to get past the use of it as an insult. It’s not easy to see it any way other than as a degrading word. I just think we should try, because it is a useful word. :-) But I do understand. And you know, it occured to me last night–when I use it in sex scenes, it’s always SEX scenes. I don’t use it in my more romantic love scenes, just in the down-and-dirty ones.

Unconscious prejudice, or another example of choosing words carefully?

I am really pleased it made you guys think, though-that’s the best kind of flattery in the world! We’ll start a crusade!

]]> By: Jenn on the Island http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-531 Jenn on the Island Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:36:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-531 I like the c-word for erotica. However I use a midifed version of it in my historicals. Cute it up a bit. Make it rhyme with hunny. <br/><br/>Mind you it is one of my hubby's favourite insults for bitchy professors who don't give him the grades he thinks he deserves. <br/><br/>He prefers the p-word but I don't feel that it is appropriate for use in the 11C. I like the c-word for erotica. However I use a midifed version of it in my historicals. Cute it up a bit. Make it rhyme with hunny.

Mind you it is one of my hubby’s favourite insults for bitchy professors who don’t give him the grades he thinks he deserves.

He prefers the p-word but I don’t feel that it is appropriate for use in the 11C.

]]> By: S. W. Vaughn http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-530 S. W. Vaughn Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:21:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-530 Very informative article! I've come to realize that I don't mind the c-bomb in written work at all. It's when it is spoken as an insult that gets me.<br/><br/>Calling me a cunt to my face equates to a desire to lose a few teeth. But write it all you want, and I'll happily read it! :-)<br/><br/>(I don't like the p-word at all, written or spoken. I prefer cunt. I'm going to make a bumper sticker that says "I prefer cunt" and park my ass out in front of the ultra-zealous Lighthouse church. :-) Very informative article! I’ve come to realize that I don’t mind the c-bomb in written work at all. It’s when it is spoken as an insult that gets me.

Calling me a cunt to my face equates to a desire to lose a few teeth. But write it all you want, and I’ll happily read it! :-)

(I don’t like the p-word at all, written or spoken. I prefer cunt. I’m going to make a bumper sticker that says “I prefer cunt” and park my ass out in front of the ultra-zealous Lighthouse church. :-)

]]> By: Erik Ivan James http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-529 Erik Ivan James Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:43:00 +0000 http://www.staciakane.net/2006/08/17/i-wrote-a-little-article/#comment-529 I agree with Robyn and JTC. The offensiveness of the word has been cultivated by men's usage of it to demean women. <br/><br/>An excellent article, December. You certainly have me now contemplating more positive applications of the word. I agree with Robyn and JTC. The offensiveness of the word has been cultivated by men’s usage of it to demean women.

An excellent article, December. You certainly have me now contemplating more positive applications of the word.

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