NewsByte: Empowered Women As “-Istas”
A recent article by Philly.com’s Elizabeth Wellington considered the ways that women’s empowerment in our society is now denoted by the suffix, “-ista.” You’ve surely heard of a “fashionista,” but what about “frugalista,” for example? What’s fun about this is that the suffix makes whatever the topic (even frugality) sassy and clever. That would seem to me to be a true modern woman’s way of being her full determined and capable self, while the more outdated woman vs. man message, “I am woman – hear me roar,” lacks humor, sass and relevance. I also think it doesn’t only apply to women’s interests/passions. So… what’s your “-ista?”
Right now, I hope everyone is planning to be a “voterista” (hmmm.. doesn’t flow off the tongue, but you know what I mean).
