A History of the C-Word
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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Language of Feminism Since 2015
I'm endlessly fascinated by the app TikTok which is incredibly sensorious when it comes to language you cannot post anything sexual at all it will take it down. What's leapt up in its place is lots of alternate languages so it's no saying pawn they'll say con instead of saying pussy they'll say cat and so saying sex they'll say segs s e g g S that's interesting of like it's created this whole weird lexicon of alternative sex terms but they're not quite swearing, she says. I am on Twitter my handle is Word Spinster Word Spinster? God that's amazing! She also writes a book on language sexism and misogyny which will one day be available in
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