Thursday, June 4, 2009
The Politics of Reclaiming and Claiming Language
Post Submitted by The Angry Chihuahua
http://destrantalk.blogspot.com/2009/06/politics-of-reclaiming-and-claiming.html (http://destrantalk.blogspot.com/2009/06/politics-of-reclaiming-and-claiming.html)
This morning, as I was getting ready for work, I turned on the t.v. and put on the Weather Channel. After getting my daily dose of meteorological mysticism, I hit the "last" button on the remote and proceeded to brushing teeth, getting dressed, etc. The channel that my beloved roommate happened to be watching previously, and the channel that therefore was now on the television, was Logo.
It took me less than ten minutes to brush my teeth and get ready, and then I turned off the t.v. Within that less-than-ten-minutes time span, I heard a (likely cisgender) gay man use the word "->-bleeped-<-" in a derogatory fashion.
Under ten minutes.
On a network that claims to offer "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender" programming (http://www.logoonline.com/ (http://www.logoonline.com/)).