Call it a sexist double standard, you mean? Yeah....what's stopping her from saying it? Strange.
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Important element: Earlier disagreement on twitter lead to her writing the article/video.
It seems likely she's pre-emptively ducking under the "can't be sexist to men" crowd by not using the word. -
yeah, that's my reading
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Hmm. Perhaps I'm being over-optimistic, but I think perhaps she's deliberately avoiding the word/phrase in an effort to try to avoid people dismissing her entire experience because that word or words have been used disingenuously before.
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not beyond the bounds of sensible charitability. this reading coincides with mine, and isn't necessarily far offhttps://twitter.com/sysid_ACE/status/1197190101140475904 …
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I'm somewhat convinced you really just wanted to find an excuse to use 'piquant' and settled upon this article sufficing.
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that's interesting because it's diametrically opposite to what happened, my tweet is exactly the same as the commentary i forwarded the thing to somebody privately with except for the tweet i changed the word 'cute' to 'piquant' to constrain Unfortunate Implications
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I guess dying on one hill at a time is, unfortunately, the tactically smart choice. But yes, good observation.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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