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  1. Apr 2025
    1. The word thus began as referring to a type of person, a woman-person,and not a type of man. Over time, the ‘f’ in ‘wif’ fell away and the resultwas a word we now pronounce as ‘wimmin.’ There was no ‘woman.’ Yet. Thesingular ‘woman,’ as opposed to the plural ‘women,’ came about in MiddleEnglish

      for - etymology - woman - interesting that the word "man" at one time referred to a person of either male or female sex - essentially a person, - and how hoistory has modified it to mean a person of male gender.

    2. evolution ofthe term “woman” reveals that the “wo” affix was not simply an addition to“man.” The linguist John McWhorter explained that “the word ‘woman’ didnot begin as a reference to a ‘wo-’ kind of man or male person. In Old English

      for - etymology - woman - quite interesting to know the history of woman and that at one time, "man" actually meant both sexes.

    1. It became clear to me that he truly loved Trump not just because he identified with Trump the politician but because he identified with Trump the person being considered “bad” by progressive standards.

      for - cosmopolitan magazine - liberal woman dated conservative MAGA men - insight

      insight - Interesting insight about how deeply he identified with Trump on a personal level, He projected all the criticism Trump receives as his own.

    1. This is Vera Papa Sova. She spent the last year dating far right men in New York City for a story for cosmopolitan magazine. They're the most insecure men I've ever sat down with. It was really difficult to have some of these days because they were so insecure, because they don't really know who they are, and they don't know how to figure that out.

      for - quote - manosphere - most insecure men I've ever sat down with - Vera Papisova - Cosmopolitan magazine - news - liberal dating conservative men for a year - youtube - CNN - This woman dated only far-right men for a year. "They were so insecure" - to - Cosmopolitan magazine - article - Vera Papisova - I Spent Nearly a Year on a Conservative Dating App as a Liberal—Here’s What I Learned - https://hyp.is/HNRDRBkdEfCBit8g4X4cAg/www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a63679179/political-beliefs-dating-app-experiment/

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  8. Oct 2018
    1.    No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move;

      At this point in the poem, More has begun to cry. John Donne is trying to comfort More by telling her not to cry or sigh because it would "cause" floods and storms that would only make his journey more difficult. This is showing the idea of a Petrarchan woman. A Petrarchan women is a lady who is able to control the power of her lover through her emotions. He is saying that More's love for him is so powerful that it can actually cause physical disasters , so if she begins to grieve his death it will actually cause his death. This is also an example of a hyperbole.

  9. Feb 2017
    1. female

      Grimké's distinction between "female" and "woman" is really fascinating here. As if "female" appeals to the baser, more primitive nature of humanity and "woman" is a more refined, idealized, God-envisioned version of the sex.

  10. Nov 2013