jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agoI am a trans man incarcerated in a woman’s prison where feminism is a four-letter wordwww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkI am a trans man incarcerated in a woman’s prison where feminism is a four-letter wordwww.lgbtqnation.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months ago“Four letter word” is a nice way of saying a curse word (think shit, fuck, etc). So by calling feminism a four letter word, the author is saying that the prison considers feminism a dirty word, basically.
minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSo, America goes from censoring curse words, to censoring the words “curse word” now? Where does this end? You all talking in riddles like a Sphinx?
minus-squareSiethron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI was under the impression the literary device ‘four letter word’ typically referred to the word ‘love’
“Four letter word” is a nice way of saying a curse word (think shit, fuck, etc). So by calling feminism a four letter word, the author is saying that the prison considers feminism a dirty word, basically.
So, America goes from censoring curse words, to censoring the words “curse word” now? Where does this end? You all talking in riddles like a Sphinx?
It’s an expression.
I was under the impression the literary device ‘four letter word’ typically referred to the word ‘love’