https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaghIdSJKvQ
Urban Dictionary (as cited by this CollegeHumor clip) defines a "basic bitch" as "an extra regular female." The clip describes the "symptoms" as liking scented candles, Zumba, panini sandwiches from Panera, and wanting a picture frame that says "Family" on it.
However, when did "bitch" become a way to describe a regular female as opposed to being an insult that one calls a mean, rude, woman? How come it is now appropriate to call women by this highly gendered profane language in everyday conversation and in a non-profane way? Surprisingly, the woman in the commercial is sad that she will never become a "bad bitch," thus implying that one aims to become non-basic.
In addition, by defining a "basic bitch" as an "extra regular female," the clip implies that all women act in the way the woman in the skit does, therefore stereotyping female behavior to be "basic bitch" behavior.
Urban Dictionary (as cited by this CollegeHumor clip) defines a "basic bitch" as "an extra regular female." The clip describes the "symptoms" as liking scented candles, Zumba, panini sandwiches from Panera, and wanting a picture frame that says "Family" on it.
However, when did "bitch" become a way to describe a regular female as opposed to being an insult that one calls a mean, rude, woman? How come it is now appropriate to call women by this highly gendered profane language in everyday conversation and in a non-profane way? Surprisingly, the woman in the commercial is sad that she will never become a "bad bitch," thus implying that one aims to become non-basic.
In addition, by defining a "basic bitch" as an "extra regular female," the clip implies that all women act in the way the woman in the skit does, therefore stereotyping female behavior to be "basic bitch" behavior.
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