In How to Be a Woman, Moran also says, “I want to reclaim the phrase ‘strident feminist’ in the same way the hip-hop community has reclaimed the word ‘nigger.’” This is a baffling statement because there is simply no reality where the phrase “strident feminist” can be reasonably compared to the “N-word.
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Roxane Gay takes on the racism in Caitlin Moran’s popular new book. Gay goes on, “I am fascinated by the silence surrounding this statement, how people will turn a blind eye to casual racism for the sake of funny feminism.” (via therumpus)
Man, I used to like Moran.
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