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Ever wonder why we're called B-Word?

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, August 15, 2008 - 1:22pm; tagged bitch, Bitch history, offensive language, the word bitch.

In my shock at seeing a Wal-Mart ad on the Mother Jones website, I neglected to include a link to the article I was searching for in the first place, which is the story of the California Secretary of State's office rejecting the name Bitch Publications on the grounds that it was obscene. 

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