Tag: language matters

Gender

Why Language Matters

I didn’t want to write this post. I have been trying to be less controversial and continue writing about pop culture. Unfortunately, something has been bothering me for months now. Language and word choice matter. “Fuck off” is a very different phrase than “go away.” Both have similar meaning, but one just is much more direct […]

Tags because science, cisgender, cisgender heterosexual industrial complex, cisgender is not a slur, feminism, gender, language matters, Mount Holyoke, trans, transgender

Work

Three Months of Excelle: Women Be Crazy

Post author By Hattie McDoogal
Post date Thursday, January 27th, 2011
4 Comments on Three Months of Excelle: Women Be Crazy

So, I spent most of last summer and fall being unemployed, a time that I back upon without much fondness. During those desperate months, I threw pretty much everything against the wall to see what would stick. I networked, I cold-called, I internet searched, I signed up with temp agencies, I met a career counselor”¦everything. […]

Tags action verbs, body language, career counselor, career newsletter, fondness, language matters, subject lines, temp agencies, unsubscribed, Working women