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		waterlesscloud on July 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tinder's Forgotten Woman: Whitney Wolfe, Sexism, a... While I'm pretty sure it was used derogatorily in this case, I've certainly seen it used in a non-derogatory manner. Usually to indicate a sort of unapologetic lover of whatever field. See- http://www.bookslut.com/

wglb on July 4, 2014 [–]

However, her mother won't read the blog because of the "slut" part. So I would say that this is derogatory even here.

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