What your name says about your politics - 0 views
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Jenni Young on 02 Mar 14What your first name says about your politics (Washington Post)
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Like, Degrading the Language? No Way - 0 views
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Casual American speech is becoming more polite and more subtle.
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Casual American speech is becoming more polite and more subtle.
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Casual American speech is becoming more polite and more subtle (Opinion from NY Times)
Obama's English - 0 views
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Obama and the racial politics of American Engllish (NYT opinion)
Nazis, Lynching and Obamacare - 0 views
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Language, like political debate, has gone off the rails. Let's show words and history more respect (NYT)
BBC News - Koreas: Joint dictionary aims to bridge cultural divide - 0 views
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North and South Korea work on a joint dictionary to reunite a common language divided by different political systems.
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North and South Korea work on a joint dictionary to reunite a common language divided by different political systems.
The Honorable 'Girlie' Senator From The State Of New York : NPR Ombudsman : NPR - 0 views
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Reporter Ailsa Chang was accused of sexism when she described Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as 'perky', and speaking in a 'girlie' voice. Are we undercutting women political leaders, or treating them differently from men? (NPR July 2013)
Call an audible, Dan? - 0 views
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What's in a name? A racial slur or a rallying point for politically correct elites?
ScarJo, SodaStream, and the Politics of Celebrity Ambassadors : The New Yorker - 0 views
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Some of the issues involved in using celebrities to advertise or endorse products.
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Some of the issues involved in using celebrities to advertise or endorse products.
Study Claims People Less Frightened Of Female-Named Hurricanes - 0 views
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Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculine one, a new study finds.
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Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculine one, a new study finds.
The return of the Scots language - 1 views
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In an independent Scotland, might Scots become the official national tongue? Article from The Guardian
Accidental Racists and More: A Field Guide to the Racists of America - 0 views
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The Atlantic Wire looks at different kinds of 'racist'
Shaping a Speech, 50 Years After 'I Have a Dream' - 0 views
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President Obama will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington with a speech at the Lincoln Memorial, and the comparisons to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. seem inevitable.
Homies in Verona, Gangstas in Elsinore - 0 views
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Thug-Notes and Other Sites Translate Literature Into Rap (NYT)
'Keep the bare boobs out of The Sun': Is Page 3 about to move upmarket? - 0 views
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Campaigners are bolstered by Sun editor's decision to 'reinvent' its most famous and controversial fixture for the 21st century (UK tabloid newspaper The Sun features photos of topless women)
Code Black - 0 views
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Of course Obama talks differently to different groups. So do most politicians (Slate.com)
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - 0 views
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Excerpt from James Finn Garner's updated version of the classic fairy tale.
Why Rape Euphemisms And Myths Are Dangerous | Role Reboot - 0 views
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Who is helped when we refuse to be accurate about rape? Certainly not rape victims. Last week, an Englishman was sentenced to five years in jail for raping a woman while she slept. As the judge put it, "She was a pretty girl who you fancied. You simply could not resist. You had sex with her".
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Who is helped when we refuse to be accurate about rape? Certainly not rape victims. Last week, an Englishman was sentenced to five years in jail for raping a woman while she slept. As the judge put it, "She was a pretty girl who you fancied. You simply could not resist. You had sex with her".
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