What does ratchetness mean?
Ratchetness means (US, slang, derogatory) The quality of being ratchet..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US, slang, derogatory) The quality of being ratchet..
The character’s appeal is universal though because she represents a feminist politics of disrespectability (what black American feminists call ratchetness) that has no time for prim notions of femininity as demure, quiet and self-effacing.
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Ratchetness means (US, slang, derogatory) The quality of being ratchet..
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The character’s appeal is universal though because she represents a feminist politics of disrespectability (what black American feminists call ratchetness) that has no time for prim notions of femininity as demure, quiet and self-effacing.
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