if ur idea of a clever rebuttal is to throw a centuries old definition of a word back at someone youre boring and a little terrible tbh
|delcat: "Dude" actually has gender-neutral origins dating back to the 1870's. It didn't become associated with men until the 1960's. That's ninety years of gender neutrality! It's kinda neat.|
WHAT THAT’S AWESOME! Thank you, etymology side of tumblr!
petition to reclaim dude from the dudely masses.
"I’m a dude. He’s a dude. She’s a dude. We’re all dudes, hey!" —Good Burger, laying the foundation for positive change
That’s pretty rad; I use dude across the board so it’s good to know I WAS ALWAYS SORT OF RIGHT
reclaiming a word isnt as simple as throwing outdated and culturally irrelevant origins about- language evolves and many words do not have the same meanings they did in the 19th century!
if a word has years of history as a gendered term you still should not use it as a generalization for a group of people if there’s a possibility you might misgender someone or make someone uncomfortable!! it doesn’t matter if you use the word as in a gender neutral way, your personal intentions dont absolve it of its recent and more relevant history as a gendered term
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- the invader zim slash fandom
- youtube before it was big
- downloading ok go songs off limewire