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March 22, 2005

"Stitch-N-Bitch" good, "Oz" bad

From the NYTimes today, on the changing meaning of the word "bitch": And so the word that once defined a misogynistic double standard ("If a man is assertive, he's called ambitious; if a woman ...") now defines another: If a woman's called a bitch, she's powerful, formidable, a winner; if a man's called a bitch, he's shamefully weak.

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