I used to. I feel about it the way I feel about "bitch". Which is that it is something I can call myself, but no one else. I could comfortably call myself a bitch and a cunt, but I would never call anyone else that. It's a strange word.
Heh. I mostly don't care what people call me, though i don't like to be called a hillbilly - i am so very much not that. But 'cunt' is just another part of the body and i have one and hey! if you think it's an insult, think again, jerk. So - eh. I...don't really get the huge recoil most people have at the word, but i'm not gonna walk around saying it all the time, either.
I work in a prison! Any time I'm NOT overexposed to the word 'cunt', I start to get a little nervous these days.
Why are they not cussing at me with the vagina word? Are they not well? *feels foreheads*
One thing to bear in mind though -- it makes your journal immediately NSFW. Which Mr Obama will thank you for, because it will increase productivity in the workplace. :D
Detainee: Aww, ya fuckin' dog-arse motherfucking CUNT! *guilty face* Whoops. Sorry I said that word, Miss. Me: *blinks* Jesus. WHICH ONE?
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Tell FIS I said "Hellooooooo, Sailor" and mention how bendy I am. I am very bendy.
I NEED TO E-MAIL YOU. I will be in touch. I AM SO CONFLICTED. And so certain. I don't know. I wish I were methodical and deliberative like my bestis. But I am not. I am gut-driven and full of guilt and crazy and longing. It is a little late tonight, and I am very sleepy, but I will send you an e-mail of e-mails tomorrow.
The following anecdote might or might not illustrate my thoughts on the word.
A few months ago, Husband got a call from a friend back home. Friend had been drinking (I think), and called to vent about a work situation that . . . well, that he complains about a lot. Said work situation was not the fault of, but was relayed to Friend via, another involved party, who is female.
Husband informed me that Friend had cussed Female party out really, really badly. My question to him was, "Did he call her a cunt?"
*gasp* "No!"
"Well, that's good." I then informed Husband that in my estimation, that is the most egregious insult a man can level at a woman.
Yeah, I'd be uncomfortable opening a friend's page to be greeted by that word.
That said, it's your El Jay. I can totally see you using it in a "Take back the word!" empowerment kind of way.
As far as Tru Blood goes, I'm not a viewer, and I've heard mixed reviews on it.
'Cunt' is a weird word. It's something I feel comfortable calling myself, but definitely not a word I would apply to anyone else. If that makes any sense. If a man called me a cunt, I'd be seriously offended. But referring to myself as a cunt in my own journal, seems totally fine.
No, no. That makes sense. I think that's pretty common--people being comfortable calling themselves (or their friends) something, but if an outsider uses the word, it's offensive.
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Why are they not cussing at me with the vagina word? Are they not well? *feels foreheads*
One thing to bear in mind though -- it makes your journal immediately NSFW. Which Mr Obama will thank you for, because it will increase productivity in the workplace. :D
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it makes your journal immediately NSFW.
Damn. I forgot about that. But it's such a good line! *pouts* I looked for it on youtube, but I can't find it for you.
PS: Welcome back to the internet!
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Detainee: Aww, ya fuckin' dog-arse motherfucking CUNT! *guilty face* Whoops. Sorry I said that word, Miss.
Me: *blinks* Jesus. WHICH ONE?
*waves* Hiiiiii!!! I almost died of the uninterwebz. But I is back! And having lunch with the Former Israeli Soldier today! I'll have a drool over his 2% body fat musculature for you.
How's your new life going? I MUST KNOW EVERYTHING EMAIL ME.
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I NEED TO E-MAIL YOU. I will be in touch. I AM SO CONFLICTED. And so certain. I don't know. I wish I were methodical and deliberative like my bestis. But I am not. I am gut-driven and full of guilt and crazy and longing. It is a little late tonight, and I am very sleepy, but I will send you an e-mail of e-mails tomorrow.
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A few months ago, Husband got a call from a friend back home. Friend had been drinking (I think), and called to vent about a work situation that . . . well, that he complains about a lot. Said work situation was not the fault of, but was relayed to Friend via, another involved party, who is female.
Husband informed me that Friend had cussed Female party out really, really badly. My question to him was, "Did he call her a cunt?"
*gasp* "No!"
"Well, that's good." I then informed Husband that in my estimation, that is the most egregious insult a man can level at a woman.
Yeah, I'd be uncomfortable opening a friend's page to be greeted by that word.
That said, it's your El Jay. I can totally see you using it in a "Take back the word!" empowerment kind of way.
As far as Tru Blood goes, I'm not a viewer, and I've heard mixed reviews on it.
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