#Terminology

Chairman Birb Bernanke

Bonecondor

There are two things I want to talk about. A summary, for those of you who find me intolerable at my best:1. Command of jargon does not matter, and is

Bea Jaspert 🕸

hogotheforsaken

I request a response from someone at @novaramedia to the many women in this thread &elsewhere who object to the erasure/redefinition of the term ‘woman’.Trans rights do not threaten anyone.But

Alex Arrelia

AlexArrelia

I’ll also go on another Orwell tangent: Conservatives love calling any new “woke” word that enters common usage as “Orwellian”, because they don’t want to be “forced” by social pressure

Kate Groetzinger

kgroetzi

A very sweet friend of mine just asked me about proper terminology for referring to Native Americans/Indigenous people, as well as where to learn more about them. I figured other

ALG 'you people"

ALGhammer

Politicians at every level sit in meetings with public health officials and try to micromanage every aspect of our lives; right down to telling us that outside of work we

Amie Stepanovich

astepanovich

“Cases”, “due process”, “precedent” — these words (+ others) have meaning and power in democratic institutions and I deeply question that we’ve spent years now relating them to specific, individual

Daisy Christodoulou

daisychristo

Interesting to see lots of talk about grammar lately. Here's a thread from me on why I think explicit grammar instruction is important, but not all explicit grammar instruction is

Hassan Ahmad

HMAesq

A person who drives a car is called a "driver."A driver who drives 1 mile over the speed limit is committing an illegal act.Therefore, drivers who speed are called "illegal

Tom House 🐐

tomhousesports

Pulldown vs. Crow Hop vs. Shuffle Step vs. Step BehindsLoosely, the goal in all of these is to create extra momentum and hip/shoulder separation.Why? To train moving and throwing as

Emma Jude Harris

HeyEmJude

Gonna throw something kind of controversial out there: I'm uncomfortable with immigrants artists in the UK (myself included)-particularly immigrants from the 'global North' &/or colonising countries-who left their home count

lex 💫

aroaces

why do people act like adult aros and adult aces don't exist yes some people find out later that maybe they weren't ace and/or aro but it's not subject to

|| KUJO 🔸 𐌂𐌏𐌌𐌁𐌖𐌓𐌏

COMBVRO

I think it’s important - especially with all these “let’s normalize”/“lets not normalize” posts going around - that mental illness and neurodivergent symptoms have different levels of severity that can

Katabasis Evans 💀👣 **Dreadful Realms KS NOW**

perpetualgloom

There are SO MANY problems with race in 5e. They're well documented but in summary:- "Every member of the race is like this, no exceptions"- "Evil" races, usually POC coded-

Shareef loves his Deep Fried Frenz

ShareefJackson

I love discovering new communities, but I hate being greeted with condescending shit, intended or not. Thread My friends and family have helped introduce me to several communities, from Atkins

the dislocating GM🦓 Talin in Idle Champions 13/1♿

mustangsart

A quick guide for new folks here about ableist language and language changes!1) Don't say 'differently abled' or 'handicapped'. The term is 'disabled'.2) Disability-first please! Say 'a blind person' NOT

Daniel Sohege

stand_for_all

Thread: How we use language is important. I think most people would agree with that. As an autistic individual I sometimes misconstrue meanings or intentions based on how other people

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