By Guest on 9 April, 2010
Cara is a feminist writer who blogs at both The Curvature and Feministe. She likes The Beatles, vinyl records, and social justice, though not necessarily in that order. The first time I saw someone say in a progressive space that it was ableist to use the word “lame” as a pejorative, I thought they were [...]
Posted in guest post, language | Tagged ableism, lame, words mean things
By s.e. smith on 12 October, 2009
Welcome to Ableist Word Profile, a (probably intermittent) series in which staffers will profile various ableist words, talk about how they are used, and talk about how to stop using them. Ableism is not feminism, so it’s important to talk about how to eradicate ableist language from our vocabularies. This post is marked 101, which [...]
Posted in 101, Ableist Word Profile, language | Tagged ableism, lame, word use
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