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Reclaiming a Derogatory Term
This woman shows us how to reclaim a derogatory term that has been used to call people timid or meek. Watch her rhymed explanation as to why this word is anything but feeble.
TRANSCRIPT:
“Stop being a pussy!”
Where do I begin?
We say this when someone is acting timid or meek
but pussies are anything at all but weak.
They bleed, expand for sex, self-clean.
They are your mother, your daughter,
your girlfriend, your queen.
Vaginas are the antithesis of feeble.
And let’s not forget they push out whole people.
So don’t call someone a pussy unless …
“You’re resilient.”
“You’re strong.”
“You’re giving.”
is what you mean to say.
And aren’t those the words we should be using
to talk to each other anyway? 🔷