Wordslut: a new book aims to 'verbally smash the patriarchy', but its argument is imprecise
- Written by Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland
In Wordslut, Amanda Montell deconstructs gendered language.Shutterstock
In her book Wordslut, Amanda Montell argues that patriarchal assumptions deny women an active role in society, claiming that, “In our culture, men run the show”.
With a degree in creative writing and linguistics, having studied “how language works in the real...