Editing Bitch (slang) (section)

=== Reappropriation ===
[[File:Bitch.jpg|thumb|A woman at an International Day of the Woman march in Sante Fe Argentina, with a tattoo of the word bitch on her back]]

In the context of modern [[feminism]], ''bitch'' has varied [[reappropriated]] meanings that may connote a ''strong female'' ([[anti-stereotype]] of weak submissive woman), ''cunning'' (equal to males in mental guile), or else it may be used as a tongue-in cheek [[wikt:backhanded|backhanded]] compliment for someone who has excelled in an achievement.<ref name="zeisler"/><ref>[http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/11.29.00/feminism-0048.html Third Wave Feminism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118142913/http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/11.29.00/feminism-0048.html |date=2018-01-18 }}, by Tamara Straus, MetroActive, December 6, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.popgurls.com/article_show.php3?id=634 You've Really Got Some Minerva, Veronica Mars] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423171534/http://www.popgurls.com/article_show.php3?id=634 |date=2007-04-23}}, 2006-11-21.</ref> For example, ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]'' magazine describes itself as a "feminist response to pop culture".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bitchmagazine.org/ |title=Bitch Media |publisher=Bitchmagazine.org |date=2012-04-25 |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725080514/http://bitchmagazine.org/ |archive-date=2011-07-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Feminist attorney [[Jo Freeman]] (Joreen) authored "The BITCH Manifesto" in 1968:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/bitch/ |title=The Bitch Manifesto - Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement |publisher=Scriptorium.lib.duke.edu |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719185933/http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/bitch/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/bitch.htm |title=The BITCH Manifesto |publisher=Jofreeman.com |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-date=2012-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427152212/http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/bitch.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><blockquote>
A Bitch takes shit from no one. You may not like her, but you cannot ignore her. ... [Bitches] have loud voices and often use them. Bitches are not pretty. ... Bitches seek their identity strictly thru themselves and what they do. They are subjects, not objects. ... Often they do dominate other people when roles are not available to them which more creatively sublimate their energies and utilize their capabilities. More often they are accused of domineering when doing what would be considered natural by a man.
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Bitch has also been reappropriated by [[Hip hop|hip-hop]] culture, rappers use the adjective "bad bitch" to refer to an independent, confident, attractive woman. The term is used in a complimentary way, meaning the woman is desirable. One of the first instances of "bitch" being used in this way is in the song "Da Baddest Bitch" by [[Trina]], released in 1999.<ref name="vice.com">{{Cite web|title=The Evolution of the Bitch {{!}} VICE|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-evolution-of-the-bitch-905/|website=VICE|date=9 September 2014|access-date=2015-10-23|language=en-us|archive-date=2015-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011155546/http://www.vice.com/read/the-evolution-of-the-bitch-905|url-status=live}}</ref> This can also be seen throughout multiple different songs from Rihanna's song entitled "Bad Bitch" featuring [[Beyoncé]] which reiterates the line "I'm a bad bitch"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rihanna (Ft. Beyoncé) – Bad Bitch (Demo)|url=https://genius.com/Rihanna-bad-bitch-demo-lyrics|website=Genius|access-date=2015-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012040602/http://genius.com/Rihanna-bad-bitch-demo-lyrics|archive-date=2015-10-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> multiple times. "[[BitchSlut]]" by [[Anna Wise]] prominently uses the words ''bitch'' and ''slut'' to reclaim identity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-07 |title=Anna Wise – "BitchSlut" (Stereogum Premiere) |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1863993/anna-wise-bitchslut-stereogum-premiere/news/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref> This use of the word bitch shows women reappropriating the meaning to be a more positive and empowering word for women.
[[File:Kondom Bitch Ray.jpg|left|thumb|A condom branded by rap signer [[Lady Bitch Ray]]]]
The increased usage of the word ''bitch'' casually or in a friendly way by women has been characterized by Sherryl Kleynman as a result of the absorption of sexist culture by women.<ref name=":0" /> Such usage has been cited by Kleinman et al. as increasing the perception the word is acceptable and excusing men who use it against women.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kleinman|first1=Sherryl|last2=Copp|first2=Martha|date=July 2009|title=Denying Social Harm: Students' Resistance to Lessons About Inequality|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0092055X0903700306|journal=Teaching Sociology|language=en|volume=37|issue=3|pages=283–293|doi=10.1177/0092055X0903700306|s2cid=144951871|issn=0092-055X|access-date=2021-04-16|archive-date=2021-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124161248/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0092055X0903700306|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Pop culture====
In pop culture, the use of the term ''bitch'' has increased through media such as television, movies, magazines, social media, etc. The use of the word "bitch" on television shows tripled between 1998 and 2007, which had much to do with the word's feminist facelift in the previous decade.<ref name="vice.com"/>

In a 2006 interview titled "Pop Goes the Feminist", ''Bitch'' magazine co-founder [[Andi Zeisler]] explained the naming of the magazine:<ref name="zeisler" />

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When we chose the name, we were thinking, well, it would be great to reclaim the word "bitch" for strong, outspoken women, much the same way that "[[queer]]" has been reclaimed by the [[gay community]]. That was very much on our minds, the positive power of language reclamation.</blockquote>

[[File:Seattle - Pain in the Grass - 1995 - 7 Year Bitch 01.jpg|thumb|The band [[7 Year Bitch]] in concert]]

Pop culture contains a number of slogans of [[Identity (social science)|self-identification]] based on ''bitch''. For example,
* "You call me 'Bitch' like it's a bad thing."
* "I go zero to bitch in 3.5 seconds."
There are several [[backronym]]s. [[Heartless Bitches International]] is a club with the slogan "Because we know BITCH means: Being In Total Control, Honey!" Other imagined acronyms include
* "Beautiful Intelligent Talented Creative Honest"
* "Beautiful Individual That Causes [[Erection|Hardons]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abbreviations.com/b1.aspx?KEY=385003 |title=BITCH - Beautiful Individual That Causes Hardons |publisher=Abbreviations.com |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-date=2012-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313114939/http://www.abbreviations.com/b1.aspx?KEY=385003 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "Babe In Total Control of Herself".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Beautiful+Intelligent+Talented+Creative+Honest |title=Beautiful Intelligent Talented Creative Honest - What does BITCH stand for? Acronyms and abbreviations by the Free Online Dictionary |publisher=Acronyms.thefreedictionary.com |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-date=2012-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320041208/http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Beautiful+Intelligent+Talented+Creative+Honest |url-status=live }}</ref>
As stated in Scallen's ''[https://americanstudies.nd.edu/assets/61886/bitchthesisentirely3.pdf Bitch Thesis]'', "As Asim demonstrates with his discussion of the appropriation of the N word by black communities, the term ''bitch'' is deployed in pop culture in multiple ways (with multiple meanings) at the same time."<ref>Scallen. "Bitch Thesis." 2010. ''Department of American Studies''. Paper. 17 October 2015.</ref> Derogatory terms are constantly appropriated. Many women, such as [[Nicki Minaj]], refer to themselves as bitches. By calling oneself a bitch in today's culture, these women are referencing their success, money, sexuality, and power. Asha Layne's article [http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/women-in-hip-hop.html#.Vimtrn6rTIU ''Now That's a Bad Bitch!: The State of Women in Hip-Hop''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013085453/http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/women-in-hip-hop.html#.Vimtrn6rTIU |date=2015-10-13 }}, "The change in the meaning of the word thus subverts the tools of oppression used to dominate women to now empower them."<ref>Layne, Asha. ''Now That's a Bad Bitch!: The State of Women in Hip-Hop''. 24 April 2014. Article. 19 October 2015.</ref>