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Hortensis

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27. Otoh, maybe she can give it back a good meaning?

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #24)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 12:55 PM

Sep 2018

It originated in black feminist activism, and that may be why she's fond of it. It's one of the most misused phrases in politics, though, weaponized by both the right and today's far left against the Democratic Party, those attacks of of course multiplied RT and other Russian sources.

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