“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Most of us have grown up with that old adage drilled into our heads, with the idea that words are just words, and we should ignore ...

In the past few years, the fight for gender equality has been a prominent topic in news and pop culture. Desensitization in one’s everyday language can perpetuate gender stereotypes. Certain terms are ...

The persistence of white racism -- Language in white racism: an overview -- The social life of slurs -- Gaffes: racist talk without racists -- Covert racist discourse: metaphors, mocking, and the ...

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that federal anti-discrimination laws protect gay and transgender employees, yet much of our everyday language excludes people who don’t identify as exclusively ...

The growing Black Lives Matter movement has caused many people to rethink how they approach several areas of life, seeping into company policies, police reform, entertainment and education, among ...

Tara Coltman-Patel receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. We live in a world where we are constantly reminded that obesity is a “crisis”, an “epidemic”, that it is crippling ...