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DonQOnIce t1_je9rust wrote

Reply to comment by SuspendedInKarmaMama in In Donald Glover’s Swarm misogynoir is no longer subtext. by Sisiwakanamaru

This article kind of sucks but so does this comment. There is nothing wrong with creating a term that easily communicates that you’re referring to misogyny against black women that is uniquely tied to their race. Words are created and evolve all the time. It’s a perfectly fine word.

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VitaLonga t1_je9xwsi wrote

Doesn’t make OP’s comment any less true.

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DonQOnIce t1_je9zdqr wrote

I mean, technically you can write people off for any reason you choose. That’s your right. But writing people off for use of a single word is stupid and that opinion is my right.

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inksmudgedhands t1_jea6e9e wrote

Are you telling me that you wouldn't roll your eyes and write someone off because they complain that a show was bad because it was too "woke?"

Because if you are, you are stronger than me. As soon as someone goes, "Yeah, this series is too 'woke'," my brain picks up its bag, puts on its hat and goes out the door.

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DonQOnIce t1_jea7cpt wrote

I would roll my eyes at that complaint within that context. I don’t necessarily roll my eyes at the use of the word “woke” alone.

It’s similar to how I roll my eyes at the article posted because I think it massively misses the mark. But that isn’t because they used the word “misogynoir” itself.

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BlooregardQKazoo t1_jea5dwg wrote

I agree that the comment you replied to sucks, but I just want to chime in that the term most definitely does not easily communicate that. I had no clue why the author was choosing to misspell misogyny. Of course I was also able to read the article just fine without understanding why they were using that spelling/word.

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inksmudgedhands t1_jea7an9 wrote

The word "misogynoir" is mash up of "misogyny" + "noir." With "noir" being the French word for "black." So, "misogynoir" is the hatred of specifically black women.

edit: Why the downvote? That's exactly what it means. If you don't like it, don't get mad at me. I didn't make up the word.

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BlooregardQKazoo t1_jeakii3 wrote

Yes, thank you. Once I was told what it meant I was able to reverse engineer it. But without the meaning given to me, I wouldn't have gotten there myself. The only thing I really associate noir with is film noir.

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DonQOnIce t1_jea7hh4 wrote

That’s fair. Nothing wrong with not knowing, it’s a very new term. In that case, the response should be “oh let me see what that means” and go forward from there.

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