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Jenni Young

Sexism and misogyny: what's the difference? - 0 views

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Language Gender Sexism

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    An Australian dictionary has changed its definition of misogyny to reflect the fact that it is now used to mean 'entrenched prejudice against women', not just hatred of them. Six feminists tell us what the term means to them (Guardian)
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Google and Sweden in war of words over ogooglebar - 1 views

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Language Neologisms Part 1 New words

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    Term meaning 'ungoogleable' was to be added to Swedish lexicon, but has been pulled after Google tried to alter definition
  • Jenni Young on 27 Mar 13
     
    Term meaning 'ungoogleable' was to be added to Swedish lexicon, but has been pulled after Google tried to alter definition
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    Term meaning 'ungoogleable' was to be added to Swedish lexicon, but has been pulled after Google tried to alter definition
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Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Race Culture Identity Asian-American Assimilation Chinese

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    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
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  • Jenni Young on 23 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
  • Jenni Young on 23 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
  • Jenni Young on 23 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu's essay examines the meaning of assimilation, and what it means to be a "banana", an Asian American who identifies as white.
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How language is literally losing its meaning - 1 views

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Language Language change Meaning Part 1 Literally

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  • Jenni Young on 25 Sep 13
     
    The Oxford English Dictionary has accepted a new definition for the word literally - and it's not the only word changing beyond recognition. It's enough to, like, make one despair
  • Jenni Young on 29 Apr 14
     
    The Oxford English Dictionary has accepted a new definition for the word literally - and it's not the only word changing beyond recognition. It's enough to, like, make one despair (Blog)
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A Language of Conflict, and Peace - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Journalism Israel-Palestine Bias Connotations News

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    Words' plain English meanings are politicized, distorted or undermined in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle (New York Times)
  • Jenni Young on 24 Mar 14
     
    Words' plain English meanings are politicized, distorted or undermined in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle (New York Times)
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Don't Ban 'Bossy' : The New Yorker - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Bossy Gender Sexism Labels

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    Is the word "bossy" sexist? Probably. Does that mean that we should ban it? No. (blog)
  • Jenni Young on 24 Mar 14
     
    Is the word "bossy" sexist? Probably. Does that mean that we should ban it? No. (blog)
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Taylor Mali on "What Teachers Make" - YouTube - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Taylor Mali Poetry Spoken Word Teachers

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    Taylor Mali's performance of his spoken word poem plays on the different meanings of "make"
  • Jenni Young on 30 Jun 14
     
    Taylor Mali's performance of his spoken word poem plays on the different meanings of "make"
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How Code-Switching Explains The World - 1 views

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Language Identity Part 1 Code-switching

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    In linguistics, "code-switching" means mixing languages or patterns of speech in conversation.This NPR blog interprets code-switching more broadly, as a dialogue that spans culture, race and ethnicity.
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Code Switch - 2 views

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Language Identity Part 1 Culture

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    In linguistics, "code-switching" means mixing languages or patterns of speech in conversation. But this NPR blog looks at code-switching a little more broadly.
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Spelling Father by Marshall Davis Jones - spoken word - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Gender Stereotypes Spelling Father Poetry

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  • Jenni Young on 21 Jan 14
     
    Poet Marshall Davis Jones on the meaning of father and mother
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Who ruined English: Brits or Yanks? - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Varieties of English American v British

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  • Jenni Young on 03 Sep 13
     
    Lexical jingoists like to cast blame for supposed perversions of usage and meaning. The reality is that English is a flexible friend
Jenni Young

The six ways we talk about a teenage girl's age - 0 views

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Language Mass communication Part 1 Part 2 Gender Sexism

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    Loaded language demonstrates confused notions about girls' ages and what they mean (Salon)
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South African commercial for whiskey has a message about literacy - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Literacy Advertising Reading

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  • Jenni Young on 01 Mar 14
     
    The latest commercial for Bell whiskey gives a whole other meaning to a man of a character and determination.
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Gender and the body language of power - 0 views

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Language Gender Part 1 Body language Power

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  • Jenni Young on 12 Sep 13
     
    Philosopher Sandra Lee Bartky once observed that being feminine often means using one's body to portray powerlessness.
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Speaking it in the family - 0 views

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Language Identity Familects Part 1

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    Familects - home dialects in which words are given private meanings - reveal that everyone has a creative and playful linguistic story (Guardian)
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We Are In The Dawn Of The "Like" Dependency, And If You Don't Know What That Means, Jus... - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Social media PSA Parody

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  • Jenni Young on 29 Oct 13
     
    Parody of a PSA, but its message is relevant.
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Listen Mr Oxford Don (English B) - 0 views

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Language Culture Part 1 Listen Mr Oxford Don Agard Poetry Accents Race Jamaican

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    Exercises on the language and meaning of John Agard's poem.
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What are you saying cuz? - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Culture Dialects Slang New Zealand Immigration

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    No idea what cuzzies, sweet as, wop-wops or wuss mean? Kiwi slang classes at Wellington Central library have been helping migrants tackle these kinds of words, without being too hard out.
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Domains of meaning in The Truman Show - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Advertising Product Placement Truman Show Film Meaning WT2

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    The significance of the symbolism and imagery in the film
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    The significance of the symbolism and imagery in the film
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Young, black and speaking out after the Trayvon Martin case - 0 views

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Race African-American Stereotypes Trayvon Martin USA

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  • Jenni Young on 16 Aug 14
     
    Black teens personalize Trayvon Martin's death in their poetry: "What it means to be a young black man in society...people don't value your life," says Ayinde Grimes, 17.
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