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A little feminist blog on language: September 2014
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A little feminist blog on language. Welcome to my little feminist blog on language! Thursday, 25 September 2014. Why family names matter. It’s simple really, how can a woman ever be(come) her own person if she continues to be owned linguistically? A common response is: but she is always already owned, she never has her own family name to begin with. So why should it matter if she substitutes her father’s name for her husband’s? At least she can choose the new family name. Some might argue that a first na...
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A little feminist blog on language: December 2014
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A little feminist blog on language. Welcome to my little feminist blog on language! Sunday, 7 December 2014. Okay, so I'm not a huge fan of Christmas and its religious his. Tory I do, however, certainly like presents. And especially creative ones! Below are a few gift ideas for yourself, your friends and your family brought to you by some of my loved ones:. Links to online stores can be found on Jack's website: www.jackfisher.org.uk. 100% of the profits go to the Mongolian charities CAMDA. Lots of precon...
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A little feminist blog on language: VOTE!
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A little feminist blog on language. Welcome to my little feminist blog on language! Sunday, 12 April 2015. He'll be voting. Will you? Register to vote today. The deadline to register to vote in the UK general election is 20 April 2015. The next UK general election takes place on Thursday 7 May 2015. 14 April 2015 at 15:39. Seems like childcare is becoming a key election issue which is great! See The Guardian Election 2015 live). But who is most likely to deliver once the whole hoo-ha is over?
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A little feminist blog on language: January 2015
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A little feminist blog on language. Welcome to my little feminist blog on language! Sunday, 18 January 2015. I was looking for some winter boots online the other day and made some surprising discoveries:. Are 'kids' a sex? Okay, there are women's shoes and men's shoes, and of course boots for kids too - but does this make 'kids' a distinct sex or gender? And if so, what sex/gender exactly would they be? Or are they listed as a separate 'gender' because children are considered gender-neutral? This sticker...
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A little feminist blog on language: November 2014
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A little feminist blog on language. Welcome to my little feminist blog on language! Wednesday, 5 November 2014. 8216;What is your life, Christiane? 8217;, my brother asked me the other day. I’ve never been asked this question before and I have never asked another person. And I want to understand what it means. Fortunately, the Oxford Dictionaries. Considering that he used the possessive pronoun ‘your’ to specify ‘life’ not all work as possible interpretations. Which ‘period’ exactly? But this only tells ...
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A little feminist blog on language: August 2014
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A little feminist blog on language. Welcome to my little feminist blog on language! Sunday, 31 August 2014. I’ve been discussing this image with a group of students and many didn’t like the specificity of the image, especially the high heels. While I agree, it also made me think: if the ‘male’ body is the norm (as shown in the image below), how can women ever be represented non-specifically? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). You just come here, missy. View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter!
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A little feminist blog on language: On life
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A little feminist blog on language. Welcome to my little feminist blog on language! Wednesday, 5 November 2014. 8216;What is your life, Christiane? 8217;, my brother asked me the other day. I’ve never been asked this question before and I have never asked another person. And I want to understand what it means. Fortunately, the Oxford Dictionaries. Considering that he used the possessive pronoun ‘your’ to specify ‘life’ not all work as possible interpretations. Which ‘period’ exactly? But this only tells ...
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A little feminist blog on language: February 2015
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A little feminist blog on language. Welcome to my little feminist blog on language! Sunday, 8 February 2015. Sexism in the dictionary. This month's post is a guest contribution by Michael Sainato. Michael is an English graduate from Binghamton University and currently building his freelance writing portfolio. You can get in touch with him at msainat1@binghamton.edu. The word “rude” gives the example sentence that “she had been rude to her boss”. Not only does the example assig...The Oxford Pocket Diction...
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A little feminist blog on language: The Election
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A little feminist blog on language. Welcome to my little feminist blog on language! Tuesday, 12 May 2015. Fitting with recent events, this month’s post is a short story by Jack Fisher. Jack has previously published an account of his travels in Mongolia, Hold the Dog! 16 Days in Mongolia, and is currently working on a collection of short stories. To find out more about Jack, this is his website: www.jackfisher.org.uk. Okay, it’s not going away. It’s election time soon for the presidency of...Steadily work...
