Powerful. Denigrating. Demeaning. Domineering. Bitch is all of that when it wants to be—and more! Part 1 of Episode 9 charts its origins and the way 'bitch' morphed from being a simpering simmering insult to a fashionable greeting and then settled on being both—and came to imply authority AND weakness as well!—when in the hands and on the tongues of men and women across quite a handful of decades.

Here are the timestamps for each section of Part 1:

• 00:00: Introduction
• 01:35: Origins
• 03:35: The Insult
• 04:16: The Closet of Meanings
• 06:22: Ernest Hemingway
• 08:39: The Bitch Manifesto

Warning: This episode contains explicit language. Listener discretion is advised.

The show notes for Part 1 are here: https://cutt.ly/pQdY1AE.

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