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This week Saoirse Siné is joined by real life Australian Lucy Haas to talk about the history of cunt and why it shouldn't be a swear word.

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Episode Source Material

https://medium.com/@minagreen/a-brief-history-of-the-cunt-f9d54e5b6a53

A Curious History of Sex, Kate Lister

https://www.thejournal.ie/c-u-next-tuesday-club-night-dublin-cunt-997597-Jul2013/

https://www.polysyllabic.com/?q=node/77

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lady-Chatterleys-Lover

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/art-and-censorship-portrait-outrageous-lady-6106427.html

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/aug/01/lady-chatterleys-legal-case-how-the-book-changed-the-meaning-of-obscene

https://newrepublic.com/article/148713/whats-bad-c-word

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/09/new-zealand-mp-uses-c-word-at-rally-in-call-to-reclaim-it-from-abusers

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/24/kick-ass-2-taboo-breaking

https://www.ravishly.com/2016/12/28/why-i-think-its-important-reclaim-word-cnt

https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/02/sexual-power-word-cunt-hint

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5402/pg5402.html



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