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#instacurity - we live our lives to be liked - 0 views

instacurity.com Mass communication Part 2 Social media Parody
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    in-sta-cur-ity (n). an excessive concern with one's social media presence, influence, and/or liveability.
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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

www.upworthy.com/now-what-that-means-just-watch Mass communication Part 2 Social media PSA Parody
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    Parody of a PSA, but its message is relevant.
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More than words - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...language-voice Language Part 1 Gender Identity Idiolect
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    The language we use, and even the sound of our own voice reveals much more about us than we may think.
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Gender agenda (review of Deborah Cameron's book Do Men and Women Really Speak Different... - 2 views

www.theguardian.com/...society Language Part 1 Gender Men Talk Women Talk
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    Steven Poole finds the differences between men and women have little to do with speech in Deborah Cameron's Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages? (Book review)
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Study finds huge gender imbalance in children's literature - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...mbalance-children-s-literature Language Part 1 Gender Children's Literature
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    New research reveals male characters far outnumber females, pointing to 'symbolic annihilation of women and girls'
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Back down to Earth - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/....politicsphilosophyandsociety1 Language Part 1 Gender Men Talk Women Talk
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    Why, when men and women are more equal than ever, is the myth about the sexes coming from different planets so popular? Deborah Cameron, in the third of three extracts from her new book, argues that the 'Martians' and 'Venusians' are more similar than they think
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Speak up, I can't hear you - 2 views

www.theguardian.com/...gender.familyandrelationships Language Part 1 Gender Men Talk Women Talk
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    Can it really be true that men and women understand language in different ways? Nonsense, says Deborah Cameron in this second extract from her new book - the supposed miscommunication is a myth
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What language barrier? - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...gender.books Language Part 1 Gender Men Talk Women Talk
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    It is a truism that men and women do not communicate in the same way. But is there really any evidence to support this Mars-and-Venus theory? Oxford language professor Deborah Cameron investigates in the first of three extracts from her new book
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Sexist language: it's every man for him or herself - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...mind-your-language-sexism Language Part 1 Gender Sexism
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    The author of Winnie-the-Pooh thought 'he or she' should be replaced by 'heesh', but there's nothing wrong with singular 'they'. Mind Your Language (Blog)
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Cast-offs and leftovers: the mixed benefits of working for a white family - 0 views

www.salon.com/...olivia_olivia Literature Bluest Eye Race
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    Olivia Olivia recalls how her mother's job as a domestic worker for rich white families robbed her of her mother's affections (Salon.com)
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Asian-American Band Fights To Trademark Name 'The Slants' - 0 views

www.npr.org/...s-to-trademark-name-the-slants Language Part 1 Taboo Race Asian-American
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    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office won't approve a trademark for the band's name on the grounds that it's a disparaging term for people of Asian descent. So the band is taking the fight to federal court.
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It Takes A Classroom To Learn The Family Language - 0 views

www.npr.org/...m-to-learn-the-family-language Language Part 1 Identity Learning languages Mother Tongue
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    Many first- and second-generation Americans are turning to classrooms to relearn their heritage languages (NPR)
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Speaking in tongues - 1 views

www.nybooks.com/...speaking-in-tongues-2 Language Part 1 Identity Code-switching Obama Black speech
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    "This voice I speak with these days, this English voice with its rounded vowels and consonants in more or less the right place-this is not the voice of my childhood." Writer Zadie Smith discusses "voice adaptation" or code-switching, and Obama's English.
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Code Black - 0 views

www.slate.com/...code_black.html Language Identity Part 1 Code-switching Obama Black speech
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    Of course Obama talks differently to different groups. So do most politicians (Slate.com)
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Obama's English - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...itics-of-american-english.html Language Part 1 Identity Code-switching Obama Black speech
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    Obama and the racial politics of American Engllish (NYT opinion)
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Breaking down Obama's English - 0 views

video.msnbc.msn.com/...49333545 Language Part 1 Code-switching Obama Black speech
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    A discussion of Obama's ability to switch language codes
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Code-switching/Talking white - 0 views

uhurumag.com/?p=530 Language Part 1 Identity Code-switching
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Why Can Neil Patrick Harris Say That's 'Too Gay' and Straights Can't? - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...oo-gay-and-straights-cant.html Language Part 1 Taboo Gay Insults Gender
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  • Jenni Young on 22 Oct 13
     
    Discussion of the use of campy language and hurtful slurs (NYT)
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