Blatant Promotion of Brother's Work....

My brother (a lanky fellow in his late twenties and self-proclaimed modern day Renaissance man) recently published an article on the "contradictions between the professed political stance taken towards sexuality versus the implicit attitudes suggested by our choice of language." This article, "Fucking watch your oppressive language!" was featured in the final issue of good girl magazine, a quarterly dedicated to publishing ideas that challenge, critique, and break the rules of the status quo.

This post is not only a blatant promotion of my brother's work, but also a shameless campaign for the renewed interest in the blogging world. In an effort to assasinate a pair of avian animals with a single rock (reinventing the cliché kill two birds with one stone) I have posted the article on my own blog.

Here is an excerpt....

Calling someone a “pig,” say, a “capitalist pig,” is only an insult because pigs, the animals, have had a bad rap in the past. (Note that the insult isn’t “capitalist water buffalo” or “capitalist Vancouver Island marmot.”) And calling someone a “capitalist pig” reinforces the idea of “pig” being an appropriate insult, and therefore perpetuates oppression of pigs (hence, the growing global pig liberation and justice movement)...

I know what you're thinking: "Jesus Christ, man! Next you'll be saying the term 'asshole' unfairly demeans anuses, 'shithead' denigrates excrement... Is nothing unsacred? If you keep this up, we'll have no bleedin' cuss words left! What will there be left to live for?"

For the full text of the article go to...
Fucking watch your oppressive language!

Please read the article, and offer your comments.