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Latest comment: 1 year ago by Equinox in topic Evidence for offensiveness?

Evidence for offensiveness?

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I am moving this usage note here, for lack of evidence. The citations are about the origin of the band's name, not about "Joy plot" being considered offensive by anyone. Equinox 18:25, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Some consider the term offensive, because the band Joy Division named themselves after the sexual slavery wing of a Nazi concentration camp mentioned in the 1955 novel House of Dolls,[1][2] and prefer the synonymous term ridgeline plot instead. Equinox 18:25, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

  1. ^ Ogg, Alex (2006) No More Heroes: A Complete History of UK Punk from 1976 to 1980, w:Cherry Red Books, →ISBN, page 572
  2. ^ Reynolds, Simon (2005) Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984, Penguin, →ISBN, page 111