BlooregardQKazoo t1_jea5dwg wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:09 PM

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

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.

inksmudgedhands t1_jea7an9 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:22 PM

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.

BlooregardQKazoo t1_jeakii3 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:49 PM

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.

DonQOnIce t1_jea7hh4 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:24 PM

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.