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Vulgarity

Is Vulgar the New Normal?

Jennifer L. Scott | Posted 05.04.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Vulgarity, Reality TV, Etiquette, Academy Awards, Super Bowl Commercials, Seth MacFarlane, Oscars, Seth Macfarlane Oscars, Culture, Entertainment News
Jennifer L. Scott

I'm hoping that there will be a tipping point whereby our society becomes bored with the tasteless, the lowbrow, the common vulgarities that have seeped into our popular culture.

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You Can't Handle the Truth

Chad Kultgen | Posted 04.27.2013 | Media
Read More: Girls, Pornography, Vulgarity, 50 Shades of Grey, Sex in the Media, Online Media, Sex, Media News
Chad Kultgen

Why would a woman's website ask a guy like me, who's known for writing sexually graphic and honest novels, to write something sexually graphic and honest -- only to edit it into something without a single sexually graphic phrase or a sentence of honesty?

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Study: Cursing Is Good For Your Health

Posted 08.22.2012 | Arts
Read More: Vulgarity, Video, Cursing Reduces Stress, Cursing Stress, Curse, Health, Curse Words, Cursing, Swearing, Arts News

*#&$^%!!!! It sometimes seems dropping an F-bomb just makes you feel better -- and now there's proof. A study concluded that there really are feelings...

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What the !#$@%*?: Will the Rise of Spanish Redefine Indecency?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.26.2011 | Media
Read More: Insults, Broadcasting, Latinos, Latino, Ranchera, Univision, Broadcast Indecency, English, Hispanic, Bilingual, Spanish, Bilingualism, Hispanics, Cussing, Obscenity, Broadcast Media, Indecency, Broadcast TV, English Language, Vulgarity, Multilingualism, Fcc, Multilingual, Spanish Language, Federal Communications Commission, Bleep, Los Angeles Times, Spanish Broadcasting, Liz Lemon, Sue Sylvester, Swearing, Media News
Daniel Cubias

It stands to reason that as America grows more multilingual, we'll hear more Spanish on the airwaves. And some of that Spanish will be of the naughty variety.

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