Well, maybe more of the Sluttiest newsletters you ever read. (and more stuff than I think I can do in Kosmail - Newsletter #1 was done through Kosmail - this is #2)
A little less than a week and a half a go many women and men were feeling like this toward Rush Limbaugh
I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit!
- Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) - National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation"
So was I. Angry, frustrated and with an idea. . . I created the Dailykos group
"SLUTS". A few hours later the first diary, the introduction diary was published;
Introducing a new DK Group: SLUTS
To own the word, to take the power of that word away . . .
Since that first diary the Slut group:
has published or republished 159 diaries (as of 5:49pm EDT)
has 122 followers
and 212 editors and contributors combined
This is where we differ somewhat from other groups on Dailykos. Those 212 (soon to be more) editors and contributors aren't expected to write "slut diaries," though some do. The power is in the numbers of those willing to have that in their profile box. To own the word, to stand with others, in affirmation and help take the power of the word away.
Some disagreed with this tack.(here and here)
But then came this:
I hope no one minds if i get serious here, (17+ / 0-)
but this is a life-altering moment for me. I grew up with "slut", and struggled with my sexuality well into sobriety. Betty Ford's courage was my first life-altering moment, watching her stand with grace and courage while she was being vilified and lied about took away the sting of being an alcoholic woman.
This diary, and seeing Sluts as one my groups has released the lingering dregs of shame that word and that concept haunted me with for so long.
It sounds strange, but hanging with a bunch of women who won't be demonized or demoralized by sad doughy men is the best thing that's happened to me in quite some time.
Thank you all, bless you Clytemnestra, and I'm getting me a damn T-Shirt.
I'm not looking for a love that will lift me up and carry me away. A love that will stroll alongside and make a few amusing comments will suffice.
by I love OCD on Sat Mar 03, 2012 at 10:37:51 PM EST
BRAVA!
WE ARE EMPOWERED!!
but . . . Uh Oh
The rest of this is going to read like an organizational update/newsletter. It's supposed to.
We have so many new sluts who didn't get last Sunday's news letter, that I wanted to go over a few things again AND be able to link to this with any new slut invitation requests.
Joining "Sluts"
If you want to be part of the "Slut" group PLEASE kosmail me for an invite. I am not sending invites through comment requests. (SLUTS is open to men and women)
After you've joined DO THIS PLEASE
If you haven't done so, all contributors/editors/people who have "sluts" as part of your profile please scroll up to our "logo" and click the orange heart to "follow" the group.
This will put all slut diaries in your stream. As all Rush updates we find are republished as Slut diaries, following the group will mean you see all those updates, as well as all Slut worthy diaries (contrary to popular opinion Sluts do have standards, which is why Rush will never be considered one)
Publishing or Republishing Dairies
Being a contributor or editor means that if you find a diary that you think should be republished as a "Slut Diary" you can republish it to the group queue. Just go to the bottom of the dairy (before the comments) and find the "republish" icon and click it.
You can do this for one of your own diaries if you think, after publishing it, that it is "Slut" worthy.
To publish a diary directly under the Slut Banner please read belinda ridgewood's helpful comment on the subject
Once you have placed a diary in the queue please kosmail the group and let us know that there is a diary waiting.
Blogeditors and BlogAdmins will review it, if necessary, and then post it.
I am hoping we will have 5 blog admins and 15 blog editors to facilitate this and make sure we don't have any diaries languishing in the queue.
Other and New News:
There is talk of having a "Flush Rush Mothership" - if you are interested in helping please contact OleHippieChick or kbman
Yesterday I emailed Netroots about our desire to have a Grand Slut Walk Entrance.
We'd like to do a grand "Slut Walk" into Netroots this year. We are going to be making up t-shirts, a chant, maybe even a "flashmob" type strut. I know this needs to be coordinated with you. My first quesiton is "Will this even be possible?"
I I'll let you know what they say.
T-shirts:
My idea for the our "Slut-wear" T-shirt (Mock up)
The shirts are white in honor of the first "Out Sluts" the Suffragettes. I couldn't decide if it should be the singular "Slut" or the name of the group and strength in numbers "Sluts." Of course, in big red, in your face, jump out of the shirt, letters. BTW the font is "Rockwell." ;-)
I thought we would need a "Tramp Stamp" too. So the back has a tramp stamp, which not only incorporates the Daily Kos masthead but also the Kos-de-squiggle.
The only problem is that Cafe Press will not print graphics low enough to be a tramp stamp . . . I altered these pics myself to get them that low. I didn't have time to check out Zazzle.
I am not a graphic artist, these are just my ideas, thrown together. They need refinement from someone who is a graphic artist.
That's my idea. What's yours?
Sluts Play List
(Thus far, suggest more in the comments. Please put "playlist" or "music" in the subject line so I make sure I grab it - I know there was one song suggest in the inaugural Slut diary that I missed for this dairy)
Respect- Aretha Franklin
I am Woman - Helen Reddy
Can't Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera, (featuring Lil Kim)
Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves - Aretha Franklin & Annie Lennox
Hate On Me - Jill Scott
Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
Bitch - Meredith Brooks
These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
3:39 PM PT: Added to Slut Play List by blue aardvark: "Untouchable Face" by Ani Di Franco ( lyrics | video)
4:09 PM PT: Added to play list by operculum: Wild Women Don't Get The Blues - Francine Reed ( Lyrics | Video )
4:28 PM PT: Added to play list by Involuntary Exile Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindy Lauper (lyrics | video (not THE video - but the most remembered version)
Added by Mike in Pheonix Slut - Todd Rundgren (lyrics | video)
Added by NonnyO: You Don't Own Me - Leslie Gore (lyrics | video)
4:46 PM PT: Added by Ammo Hauler: Man! I Feel Like A Woman! - Shania Twain (lyrics | video (LOL, I'm a fan of Robert Palmer - I've never seen this video before now)
Added by cai: Rush Limbaugh Response - Reformed Whores (video - I don't think I'll find the lyrics)
5:04 PM PT: Added by cai; Gossip Folks - Missy Elliot (lyrics - video)
added by Quicklund: Lady Marmalade - (Patti) LaBelle (lyrics | video)
5:15 PM PT: added by Mnemosyne: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - Emmy Lou Harris (lyrics | video )
added by SilverWillow: HARPER VALLEY PTA - JEANNIE C RILEY (lyrics | video)
(taking a little break - be back soon)