Language Usage
Saeva posted that she hates the fannish usage of the word pimp and she wants people to stop. Several people chime in in comments that this creeps them out, too.
Myself, I'm not bothered by the use of the word pimp. (Possibly because I think well-regulated sex work is not intrinsically evil, or possibly because I don't know any street-level prostitutes who would be dealing with pimps as opposed to madams.)
On the other hand, I'm not attached to pimp. Pimp's chief useful attributes for my purposes - it's short and fandom is the only language sphere in which I see it used (when not referring to the sex trade or competitive/casual sexual relations) - could be replicated by some other word.
Saeva fails to come up with that word, and no one in comments does any better than PROMOTE, which fails on both counts.
So, somebody come up with some short, relatively unique verb to replace pimp in the fannish lexicon, and I'll use it, and I hope you will, too.
I haven't commented in Saeva's post because Lennox Macbeth made me want to pop her in the nose. 1 and 2.
Myself, I'm not bothered by the use of the word pimp. (Possibly because I think well-regulated sex work is not intrinsically evil, or possibly because I don't know any street-level prostitutes who would be dealing with pimps as opposed to madams.)
On the other hand, I'm not attached to pimp. Pimp's chief useful attributes for my purposes - it's short and fandom is the only language sphere in which I see it used (when not referring to the sex trade or competitive/casual sexual relations) - could be replicated by some other word.
Saeva fails to come up with that word, and no one in comments does any better than PROMOTE, which fails on both counts.
So, somebody come up with some short, relatively unique verb to replace pimp in the fannish lexicon, and I'll use it, and I hope you will, too.
I haven't commented in Saeva's post because Lennox Macbeth made me want to pop her in the nose. 1 and 2.