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Here’s a subject that’s been going around lately. As usual, I let Mr. Conductor be my guide.

Swimming Under Water: How Much Our Culture Sucks

I have been working on a novel about a young priestess in a matriarchal culture and just realized something.

There’s no word in English to describe a healthy, sexually active, unmarried young woman that isn’t derogatory.

All we have is concubine, whore, strumpet, slut, loose, tramp, fallen…