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Bitch: The Journey of a Word by Karen Stollznow
2.25
challenging informative medium-paced

This is an interesting linguistic history and look at how language is a key tool of patriarchy and misogyny (in addition to other forms of discrimination and subjugation). The author is clearly well informed and an expert in linguistics.
That said, she uses the N word in it's entirety in the book, not often, but enough that I stopped listening to it at around 70%. It was absolutely relevant to the subject, but as a white author I saw no need for her not to just say "N word" rather that using the slur. This choice of the author and the publisher really turned me off and I did not want to continue listening. Other people may not find this as offensive, but I did not see this as justifiable. The same information could have been imparted without the slur being said in full.