On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:01:51PM -0700, minae wrote:
> It seems to go well with the name
> "Linuxchix" which sounds to me like it's trying to be a hip, catchy
> young-sounding moniker. Else why not Linux Women?
Actually now that you bring this up, a lot of my feminist friends are rather
unable to take the name seriously at all because of the use of the word 'chicks'
and thought that we must have some formal position on reclaiming derogatory
terms.
Has anyone else ever had or encountered issues with the name?
Mary.
CCed to issues in case of thread starting on reclaiming words.
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