Editing Bitch (slang) (section)

====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" />

<blockquote>
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>