tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899045847362616435.post7823265280549721074..comments2012-10-20T00:31:41.051+11:00Comments on Profligate Promiscuous Strumpet: I think we need to stop using 'Stabby'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899045847362616435.post-32692033927128123112011-07-20T21:26:32.453+10:002011-07-20T21:26:32.453+10:00I think there is a difference about expressing a g...I think there is a difference about expressing a general, non-defined wish of violence (particularly as violence as catharsis is ingrained in our society) and wishing violence against a, or a group of, person/people.<br /><br />If there is another way to demonstrate the need for cathartic release (sex for example - though saying, "I NEED AN ORGASM" would be seen completely differently), then we could switch...<br /><br />I think another problem is that we tend to use stabby, or any other equivalent, when we're angry/frustrated/pissed off/etc and that need to release anger (etc) is often dealt with through a form of violence, even if minor like stalking off, stamping feet, yelling at something/one, tearing up paper, breaking something, punching bags (literal not people), exercise, kicking things (trees, walls, poles), etc.<br /><br />The word "stabby" reflects the violence of the emotion. I don't know if a suitable replacement will be found.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649422909281161545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899045847362616435.post-81526655582789411112011-07-19T23:03:24.676+10:002011-07-19T23:03:24.676+10:00This reminds me of the debate that was had in the ...This reminds me of the debate that was had in the lesbian feminist community in the nineties about the Hothead Paisan - Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist comics. Personally, I think all that violence was cathartic, and fantasy. I guess I have felt similar about 'stabby' though I will definitely think more about it now - thanks for raising it.Kitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899045847362616435.post-38276612322290646782011-07-19T22:35:09.533+10:002011-07-19T22:35:09.533+10:00Hmm, it's not a phrase I tend to use, I'm ...Hmm, it's not a phrase I tend to use, I'm not sure what I think about it. <br /><br />I have been known to threaten my children with evisceration, but as that usually elicits a laugh I think the exaggeration for comic effect is well understood. By them anyway. I have on occasion said it in front of other people and had a moment of oops, maybe that doesn't come across so well. <br /><br />I'm rambling. *shuts up and waits for other people to say erudite stuff*mimbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907569024689875694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899045847362616435.post-13123336453677626182011-07-19T22:21:09.622+10:002011-07-19T22:21:09.622+10:00As a woman with a background in self-injury as a f...As a woman with a background in self-injury as a form of frusration management/release, I feel stabby is a very apt and appropriate term for me to use, in that it is a shorthand for 'this makes me feel so angry and frustrated I feel the need to turn to extreme measures to help myself feel calmer and more in control before I can think about more productive ways to deal'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com