Tag Archive for: Language

My beef with Person Centered Language (PCL) 

For more than a decade a number of scholars and activists have…

Differentiating “talking to” from “talking with”

I'm neither a linguist nor a semantician, and I make lots of…

The calming effect of reading poetry before sleep

In 2016 Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President, and the…

What’s wrong with most synonyms for earning a certification, degree, diploma, or licensure?

In order to minimize confusion, and be properly understood, it’s…

Misapplying appropriation, co-optation, commodification & fetishization

The recent social media discussion over the work and legacy of…