{"id":1486,"date":"2005-04-20T07:42:59","date_gmt":"2005-04-20T15:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/04\/20\/claiming-stigmas-and-taboos-as-your-own\/"},"modified":"2005-04-20T07:42:59","modified_gmt":"2005-04-20T15:42:59","slug":"claiming-stigmas-and-taboos-as-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1486","title":{"rendered":"Claiming Stigmas and Taboos as your own"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know Amp’s already linked to a post on Bitch Magazine’s article on “I had an abortion” tees<\/a> that are certainly creating an uproar. But what’s the reasoning behind creating such provocative and “shock-value<\/em>” shirts?…<\/p>\n

There’s a new front in the battle for abortion rights…the literal front, that is, of a t-shirt designed by writer and feminist activist Jennifer Baumgardner that proclaims “I had an abortion.” The shirt, initially for sale on Planned Parenthood’s national website and now available on Clamor magazine’s website, has generated controversy among not only the antiabortion community but also pro-choice feminists. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds somewhat similar to how some, certainly not all, African-Americans using the “n-word” like Chris Rock or Dave Chappell, or Gay\/Lesbian people who use the words “queer,” “fag,” and “dyke” amongst each other. Can claiming word(s) that your ideological opponents have stigmatized and turned into social taboos as “your own” so to speak, a positive, suitable, or even productive way of de-powering your opponents’ attacks on your cause or fellow activists? Is there even a possibility of removing the stigmas and taboos placed on these particular words by using this means? I leave it up to you people to decide. I’m actually very much undecided on this issue, even though I am a pro-choice feminist. I just get the awkward feeling of “lowering yourself to their level” for some reason. But this also applies to derogatory words that have historically been used against minorities and people of the LGBTQ Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know Amp’s already linked to a post on Bitch Magazine’s article on “I had an abortion” tees that are certainly creating an uproar. But what’s the reasoning behind creating such provocative and “shock-value” shirts?… There’s a new front in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,49,62,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion-reproductive-rights","category-lesbian-gay-bi-trans-and-queer-issues","category-popular-and-unpopular-culture","category-race-racism-and-related-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}