#Terminology

Aproko Doctor

aproko_doctor

You don't say a person "committed" suicide, you can say they "died by suicide" instead.When you use the word "commited", you put it in the same group as a crime,

I don't have to be nice to people who misgender me

OnQueerStreet

For an old, white, straight cis man, my mental health advisor has really taken everything I've thrown at him on board. I came out to him a few days ago

tired (partial hatius) 🌺🦇

SpookyAnarchist

it's not that rich people are more likely to be pedophiles, it's that men in all income levels engage in an absurd amount of sexual violence and the scale and

Erin Goley

goleylab

Leon Golson: on needle exchange program, their staff is “culturally humble” (love that concept) and meets their clients where they are.https://twitter.com/blackinmicro/status/1311030485829574656 On community messaging about HIV preventi

Isaac

ashkephardi

I do not identify as POC and I do not identify as white either. I’m Jewish. That’s it.I refuse to be categorized to appease an americentric society, and this is

Octopus

OctoInTheDark

Pro-shipper hypocrisy is almost as annoying to me as anti's. Pro-shippers: they support your right to write fanfic of 12 year old Harry Potter getting plowed in the ass by

Idriss al-Miqdad

Idrissalmiqdad

A really weak istidhlal. 1) There’s a dispute among scholars (between Sunnis and also between Shias) about the use of a polyseme in more than one meaning (cf. Sharh al-talwih

Kilderkin

RileyGryc

ATTENTION #DND AND #TTRPG TWITTER:WE ARE RETIRING THE PHRASE"MURDERHOBO"BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE INCORRECTLY CALL PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESSHOBOSAND THAT SHIT AIN'T COOLWE ARE OFFICIALLY REPLACING IT WITH THE TERM"MURDERTOURIST"SA

TranslationTalk / Robert

translationtalk

#NewThread - about the relationships between interpreter training institutions / trainers and the "market"... 1) What are these relationships like? 2) What are the risks if they get too close

Lucas

bonumdesign

I have been doing some research about Tech Companies and the general frustrations that comes with it. Basically, I looked at 120 Tech Companies on Comparably, Glassdoor, and Kununu, looking

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

DO NOT RETWEET any tweet claiming Trump had a "stroke" or "cerebral event" in November 2019. There are no reliable reports that use this terminology or make this claim. I'm

madeline odent

oldenoughtosay

she’s in her *third trimester* of a geriatric pregnancy of COURSE she is not flying 28 hours during a global pandemic to go sit with a bunch of people who

Sofia Quintero

sofiaquintero

Amy Cooper said "African American" because racist white women know how to hide behind the appropriate terminology as they weaponize the state when their privilege is challenged. With a camera

tef "duck detective" ebooks

tef_ebooks

here's my sum total of programming opinions- it's bad- almost everything is a structural problem- before that, a social one- fashion soaked and celebrity driven at the best of times-

Kai Cheng, Priestess of the Old Religion

razorfemme

We can debate & debate, but transformative vs punitive justice will always come down a question of belief: Do you believe that humans - that our world - can only

Sheri

Arete20

When it comes to discussing historical people's sexuality's, I have a few rules as a history student. I know there's a lot of debate over whether to use labels for