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3. It's a very empowering look at the word. And I like the fact that young women and women of color

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 17, 2012, 03:18 PM

Aug 2012

are leading the effort to take back a word that apparently originally meant something rather empowering about women.

It's sad and not surprising that a word that encapsulated the idea of female erotic power would be made into a taboo "bad" word.

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Very interesting! Thank you for posting. K&R. yardwork Aug 2012 #1

I thought it was, too! obamanut2012 Aug 2012 #2

It's a very empowering look at the word. And I like the fact that young women and women of color yardwork Aug 2012 #3

Mainstream rap was / (is?) extremely stupid. There's no artistic merit to it. Dash87 Aug 2012 #4