#Language

Matthew Chapman

fawfulfan

THREAD: You might have noticed right-wingers all just sort of...stopped talking about Parler.That's because they realized it's actually a pretty crappy social network. To begin with the most obvious problem,

Catie Lilly

catielila

In a final-round interview for a postdoc (to teach pre-modern European history at an Asian university that shall remain nameless), I was asked by the committee if I could recite

Prathyush

prathyvsh

In an attempt to build a tool to easily create software applications I found out that I needed to understand logic with good clarity. This took me on a journey

Dr. Malinda S. Smith

MalindaSmith

6Jan US insurrection:Democracies need the social sciences & humanities more than ever.We need political science, sociology, anthropology, history, phil, ethics.We need better media, smarter journalists, social media literacy.We need ant

mo

mostudys

it’s become very clear to me (via jewel + gem’s ig live convo) that there are nuanced levels of accountability and it’s important to be explicit when moving through those.

Grace Krause 🌹🍞 🐗 💻

TheGraceK

One reason I hate the language of "overcoming disability" or "not letting your disability stopping you" so so much is that for me personally becoming comfortable with seeing myself as

getcapewearcapefly

forgetcape

When I was 22 I got some pretty serious death threats for standing up to the far right. I was still told to stop making a big deal about racism

Patrick🕸

STILLTish

Abigail is describing puberty blockers as #Reversible. This statement is littered with dangerous inaccuracies.https://twitter.com/philosophytube/status/1355577911949070341 Abigail said “life saving” is that how we are describing sterili

Vanessa

mugamnesty

CW: self harm #madtwitter how should we talk about self harm? What language should we use? How should it be explained to people who don’t have knowledge/experience of it? Most

iamstarnerd

iamstarnord

Just finished writing letters of recommendation for the season! WoooT!There are some things about my letter-writing process that I really like, and ...... there are some really not good things

Mzala Tom

tlsibanda

1. THE XHOSA PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWEA thread..... Xhosa people are predominantly found in the Mbembesi area near Bulawayo. Other Xhosa communities are found in Fort Rixon, Goromonzi (in Chief Rusike's

Polly Shields

PollyShields01

White-washing: a thread. I found this 1991 book in our school library. I love London, and I’m into history, so I brought it home. /1 Quite apart from its unsuitability

Louis Römer

lromeranth

The same 2016 tropes around “it’s not race, but class” are being recycled in 2020 election analyses. At best they evince a poor grasp of what race or class are.

Beth Moore

BethMooreLPM

God’s given you such a beautiful mind. You have brilliance in that head of yours. Creativity. Such capacity for learning even if school wasn’t your thing. Capacity for insight, analysis,

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Today's Labour Force Survey includes first ever job-related "race" data, from a new "fast track option" series of questions supplementary to the usual LFS.Some thoughts.1/n @StatCan_eng has always said it

Emma Hilton

FondOfBeetles

Emma Hilton: "Sex denialists have captured existing journals. We are dealing with a new religion"https://www.womentalkback.org/post/emma-hilton-sex-denialists-have-captured-existing-journals-we-are-dealing-with-a-new-religion What

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