Holy shit... Ann Coulter is one bitter, old spinster...

[moriah]

191. As both a feminist and a lover of the artistry of the English language...

... I rarely think any word should absolutely *never* be uttered by a human mouth. Even the variation on the "n-word" has a use in the context between African-Americans of "brother/sisterhood and unity forged through enduring what non-blacks will never understand". Doesn't necessarily mean it should be coming out of *my* mouth, but it has a valid linguistic place.

However, there are some behaviors that have merited me calling the person who did them the worst word to call a female. The reason a gendered term was the only way to express my disgust at what they were doing was that they were abusing the privilege of motherhood, and emotionally abusing their fully born and intellectually very aware child in a way that was so .... well, that wordish. Kid's now finally in therapy after breaking down, and I'm praying that she makes it to adulthood wIthout further scarring from that ... well.

Throwing words like that one around for no reason diminishes the impact they should have.

In this poster's case.... the only objectionable word is "spinster", which while it has a negative connotation, the entirety of the negative connotation fits Coulter herself perfectly. In every way that matters she is the opposite of attractive (her soul is a void, makes the rest meaningless), she's 56 so well beyond the age for a first marriage, and even the connotation of "nobody wanting to marry her" is probably also true.. not for any physical reasons or her age, but who could not lose their own soul with someone so negative? The other connotation, that a "spinster" is unhappy about the situation/miserable/empty because they haven't had to undergo the agony of childbirth and lead lives of quiet desperation doomed to die alone.... ffs, she SAID that part.

I wouldn't call myself a spinster. I probably wouldn't call anyone other than Ann Coulter one, and only in response to a Tweet that totally exemplified every aspect of the connotation of the word.

And yeah, it probably isn't that cool. It's mean to her, though I'm certain the poster only meant to be mean *to* her and not trigger socially-created insecurities in other single women.

But in her case, I can't deny I find the word choice very apt.