Herstory

[naraht]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

It is a play on words that has been used for generations.

Many people pronounce the word as "his-story" or "hisss-tory" instead of "his-tery."

And we all know that mainstream national history and international history minimizes or omits women, non-whites, and other demographics of people. If people are concerned with "politically correct" (I hate that phrase) then be concerned with that and work towards change.

I guess that 45 years counts as generations, but barely. (Wikipedia says the neologism dates to the late 1960s)

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by naraht

I guess that 45 years counts as generations

Yes.

http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tm.../Herstory.html is better than, but redirects to, Wikipedia.