‘What Exactly Is “#Neurodiversity"? Using Accurate #Language about #Disability Matters in #Schools’
#TheConversation #MichaelBaker
“[The term] Neurodiversity ... reflects the notion that all ‘bodyminds’ work in diverse ways.
“The medical model of disability says impairment is equated with being broken and in need of a fix.
“[T]he social model argues humans naturally come in a variety of bodyminds, which are changed and shaped by our environment.”
A great video lesson on #antisemitism from https://www.tiktok.com/@simkern on #tiktok at the link.
“If a story contains AS elements, is that entire story AS? Is it *bad*? Are you *bad* for consuming it?”
#PurityCulture #ChristianHistory #JewishHistory #simkern
Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@simkern/video/7188562692037315886
I love "they." I've even been using it with people who appear gender conforming but I don't specifically know their preference.
Old ‘They,’ New ‘They’ — Language Change in Action
#Language #SensitivityTip #WritingTip #QuickAndDirtyTips #KirbyConrod
“The reason people struggle is that there are really two uses of singular ‘they’: an old use, which has been in use in English as far back as 1375, and a new use, which is part of a big language change in the 21st century.”
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/old-they-new-they-language-change-in-action/
Enjoy this piece about one of my girlhood favorites -- which I have been revisiting with new eyes.
‘The #LittleHouse Books, Revised So They Aren’t So #Racist’
#McSweeneys #HayleyDeRoche
“Laura,” [Ma] chastised with a low, disappointed voice. “First, you should know that ‘Indian’ is not the preferred term…”
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-little-house-books-revised-so-they-arent-so-racist
#Intersectionality #SensitivityTip #Sensitivity #Bookstodon #AmReading
A little #WritingTip #SensitivityTip I got from Twitter a few months back.
There are always other words.
And, as #MaysoonZayid says, #WordsMatter.
#AntiAbleist #Intersectionality #WritingCommunity #AmEditing
Here's a detailed and insightful video explainer on how to avoid #RacistTropes in fantasy writing, in particular #antisemitism. Halloween themed but relevant all year round! (And you know there's some very well-known examples of authors who have failed at this.)
From #SensitivityReader Emeric Davis on TikTok.
https://www.tiktok.com/@emericdavis/video/7160666390276361514
here's Davis's website: https://www.emericdavis.com/ and ni is a terrific follow on the 'Tok.
#CMoS and #AP both recommend using identifying terms as adjectives rather than nouns.
CMoS (Ed. 17, 5.260): “Instead of referring to someone as, for instance, ‘a Catholic,’ … put the person first by writing ‘a Catholic man’…”
This 2016 piece explains it more deeply (note: written before the capitalization of Black became common practice).
https://splinternews.com/why-we-dont-call-people-blacks-and-whites-1793864403
Words matter. Especially now. In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, words matter because facts and lives are at stake, and both are under assault by a president-elect whose language has life-or-death consequences. A national debate over language is underway, and the frontlines of this battle over words is where we—Fu…
Very interesting: The #AntiDefamationLeague has adopted the spelling of #antisemitism instead of anti-Semitism.
#MerriamWebster lists this term with the hyphen first, so that's what I'd ordinarily use. But the reasoning for the no-hyphen version is compelling. Read about it at the link.
Basically, "Semitism" is not a thing. It's a dog whistle. Capitalizing it legitimizes it; lower-casing it indicates that the concept itself was never valid.
For a great newsletter about all things conscious, be sure to subscribe to the Conscious Style Guide, developed by @karenyin. It's an invaluable resource in the fight to bring our language into the 21st century.
https://consciousstyleguide.com/newsletters/
Here's the most recent issue:
https://consciousstyleguide.com/the-conscious-language-newsletter-october-november-2022/
Enjoy!
#SensitivityTip: Re avoiding harmful language in your writing. #AmWriting #NaNoWriMo #Writing #Intersectionality #ableism
Here's a GREAT resource I turn to often to educate myself on the many words in English that are #ableist and how I can replace them in my speech and writing:
https://www.autistichoya.com/p/ableist-words-and-terms-to-avoid.html
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