James Finn
Nov 4, 2022

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I guess. I see the words as essentially synonyms, and I get paid to write and use words with care. Certainly, the T word is a generalized slur used against a class of people. So it’s different from the slur “Jesus Jugs” used against one person in particular. But “Jesus Jugs” is still a slur meant to taunt a woman for her Christian identity and her gender presentation or appearance.

Would I have at one point have been tempted to use the slur? Possibly, but I hope I would have realized that it’s inappropriately and offensively sexist.

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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