Bethany

“Getting people to understand that language itself is a means through which people can be harmed, elevated, or valued is really important,”
― Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

“In reality, of course, no one can *force* anyone to say anything in this country—political correctness does not endanger our freedom of expression at all. The only thing it actually threatens is the notion that we can separate our word choices from our politics—that how we choose to communicate doesn’t say something deeper about who we are.”
― Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

“While protesting a staff of nerdy, underpaid lexicographers is not the most effective way to enact social change, it is true that as a society, treating dictionary definitions as fixed, unbiased facts is a mistake. Word meanings and cultural beliefs go hand in hand, and they are both changing all the time.”
― Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

“I think the golden rule for men should be: If you’re a man, don’t say anything to a woman on the street that you wouldn’t want a man saying to you in prison.”
― Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language