Issue 20, 2012

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FAG?

QUEER GAY FAGGOT FAG? M

embers of OUSA-affiliated society UniQ have been revolting against Critic’s Straight Up column due to columnist Dame La Dida’s usage of the words “fag” and “faggot”. Things reached fever pitch on Facebook last week after Critic printed a letter to, and a response from, Dame La Dida in last week's Issue 19. Critic's Zane Pocock looks past the personal vitriol to investigate what sparked the storm and the reclamation of pejorative language.

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