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		JonnieCache on July 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of wome... Ironically, "woman is the nigger of the world" is a quote from Yoko Ono and the title of a song she did with John Lennon; it was meant to be a piece of feminist sloganeering. Somebody got a bit confused.

Gracana on July 22, 2014 | [–]

It's still kind of a terrible statement in its original context, like, that is the opposite of intersectionality.

georgiapeach on July 22, 2014 | [–]

Nope, they just reappropriated the quote.

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