Posted in Gender, Language, Reblog, tagged Gender, intersectionality, language, linguistics, media, poetry, reblog on 2014/01/07| 1 Comment »
I first noticed my spell-check was biased when Microsoft tried to tell me “heteronormative” wasn’t a word back in undergrad. (It’s underlined on this draft in WordPress now, “no replacements found.”) My phone doesn’t know “genderqueer,” “intersectionality,” or “biphobia.” Neither does the media, who continue to put gender identities and queer narratives in scare quotes, even when they’re supposedly “on our side” (see what I did there?).
Via homoarigato.
Posted in Expat Living, Language, Rural Life, tagged alienation, expat, foreign, foreigner, gaijin, japan, language, Tofugu, 外国人, 外人 on 2013/05/30| 4 Comments »
I’m featured in a Tofugu article about the usage of the word gaijin, which I have used in the past but now reject. There’s a lot of interesting responses by other bloggers and commenters, too.
Hashi writes,
