Bitchy-itous
As a term of contempt applied to women, it dates back more than 600 years. It's malicioso in Spanish, vache in French, bissig in German, tÃkarlegur in Icelandic and perempuan ketus in Indonesian. In English, the word is bitchy.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines bitchy as "malicious, spiteful, or overbearing," and "in a bad mood; irritable or cranky," and characteristic of a bitch. Bitch, in turn is defined as "a woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing," and "a malicious, unpleasant, selfish person, especially a woman."
Now, most women at one time or another have been referred to or admitted to being bitchy. Often the dismissive explanation is that if she's exhibiting bitchiness, she must be suffering the effects of prementrual syndrome.
Steph takes exception to that gender-specific view. Because let's face it: men bitch too. We all have a little bitchiness in us. So pervasive is this apparent affliction that she has concluded that there must be a disease as the root cause. A disease that attacks any and all human beings, strikes without warning, and hangs around for an indeterminate length of time, to the detriment of those around us. A disease Steph calls "bitchy-itous."
So let's come clean and admit to one another that we all have our bitchy moments. And Steph is okay with that. So okay, in fact, that she has created a series of video logs in celebration of our universal vulnerability to bitchy-itous. In each of these videos, Steph rants about some common gripes that we can all relate to. More importantly, she encourages the online community to tag along by posting video responses about what pisses them off too.
It's a real bitchy-itous lovefest!
Signature Steph Stance "bitchy-itous" mug
