sass
is sass dead? really now. let's think about this. dictionary.com defines sass as:
"Impertinent, disrespectful speech; back talk"
clearly there is not a lack of this in our culture. but sass holds a special quality in my mind. its more than back talk. its more than disrespect. its attitude. its stilletos. its women wearing men's hats. its drunkenly falling down in the street spitting in someone's eye. sassy. sass is also that 80s working woman powersuit walking head up high snoot. yes, snoot. i'm worried that this kind of... attitude, boundary breaking, disregard for anyone but yourself... is still around in the form of sass. i'm just not sure there's room in our culture for sass anymore. when did sass become such a vintage term?
it feels like sass has been replaced with irony. irony is so in right now. so in. and sass isn't ironic. i don't think. we're too cool for sass now. if sass is around... its in the ironic form. its not real. its mock courtney love. its fake glam. its smearing your own lipstick on purpose. its modeling your hair after the 40s style diner lady. its powersuits with cleavage. i dont even know what i'm saying. i just feel like its impossible to be truly sassy... without seeming cliche. sass has been done... and now all we have left is irony. we can be ironically sassy... but can we ever be purely, truly sassy again?
is sass dead?
is sass dead? really now. let's think about this. dictionary.com defines sass as:
"Impertinent, disrespectful speech; back talk"
clearly there is not a lack of this in our culture. but sass holds a special quality in my mind. its more than back talk. its more than disrespect. its attitude. its stilletos. its women wearing men's hats. its drunkenly falling down in the street spitting in someone's eye. sassy. sass is also that 80s working woman powersuit walking head up high snoot. yes, snoot. i'm worried that this kind of... attitude, boundary breaking, disregard for anyone but yourself... is still around in the form of sass. i'm just not sure there's room in our culture for sass anymore. when did sass become such a vintage term?
it feels like sass has been replaced with irony. irony is so in right now. so in. and sass isn't ironic. i don't think. we're too cool for sass now. if sass is around... its in the ironic form. its not real. its mock courtney love. its fake glam. its smearing your own lipstick on purpose. its modeling your hair after the 40s style diner lady. its powersuits with cleavage. i dont even know what i'm saying. i just feel like its impossible to be truly sassy... without seeming cliche. sass has been done... and now all we have left is irony. we can be ironically sassy... but can we ever be purely, truly sassy again?
is sass dead?
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