Get the popcorn as a delicious volcano of anger has erupted on Twitter over this TIME magazine piece asking readers which word the magazine should ban from its pages in 2015:
For TIME’s fourth annual word banishment poll, we’re asking readers to vote another word off the island, following previous castoffs OMG, YOLO and twerk. Cast your vote, encourage your friends to share their curmudgeonly angst and we’ll announce the results next week on Nov. 19.
And feminists are furious that TIME would even dare to add “feminist” to their list alongside other hated words such as “kale,” “bae,” and “literally.” Check it out:
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/532587149250396161
A reminder from Amy Poehler for our friends at @TIME (Banning the word "feminist"? Seriously? http://t.co/LGd1cjzKm3) pic.twitter.com/YmOEt9iuT8
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) November 12, 2014
On the 199th anniversary of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s birth, TIME puts “feminist” on a list of words to be banned http://t.co/qKEpsq22p4
— The New York Review of Books (@nybooks) November 12, 2014
TIME thinks the word "feminist" should be banned? We think reductive attacks on feminism should be banned. #justsayin http://t.co/3pJMAs4SyD
— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) November 12, 2014
It gets better, though. As of the publishing of this post, “feminist” is in the lead — by a lot:
LOLOLOLOL.
More outrage from the sisterhood:
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/532560379331629059
What's wrong with the word 'feminist'??? Would love to hear from some 20-somethings about this. Clueless via @TIME http://t.co/TDcxEKtudK
— Dr. Mocha Dyrud (@ProfDyrud) November 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/jodill/status/532588342463180800
@TIME wow. Feminist made it onto your short list of worst words? Would love a bit more justification for that….seeing as the rest —>
— AoifeElizabethWarren (@aoifseee) November 12, 2014
This: 39% of poll takers want to ban "feminist"…I literally can't even. < also choices http://t.co/GysB9fVLNc via @TIME
— Kay Karg (@kaykarg) November 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/msjudgements/status/532588185256493056
So good to see that @Time is taking a stand against faddish words like feminist.#sarcasm
— Auntie Fa (@janphar) November 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheSweetKat/status/532588064024330241
Sorry, ladies. TIME’s readers are speaking. If these poll results hold up, “feminist” will exit the political lexicon (at least for TIME) by Thanksgiving.
And Twitchy readers: Don’t forget to vote, too.
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