Negating Nushu: Through Imposition
This is part of a series on the supposed death of nushu, considered to be the only language in the …
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Negating Nushu: Nushu Users
This is part of a series on the supposed death of nushu, considered to be the only language in the …
Negating Nushu: Through Governmental Means
This is part of a series on the supposed death of nushu, considered to be the only language in the …
Negating Nushu: Through Journalism
This is part of a series on the supposed death of nushu, considered to be the only language in the …
Negating Nushu: Through Western Academic Narratives
This is part of a series on the supposed death of nushu, considered to be the only language in the …
Negating Nushu: Introduction
When I run series about women in history, it’s usually about individuals, like Alice Mitchell or Sara Baartman. This time, …
Hey, feminists who try to reclaim the term “feminazi”? Don’t.
I can’t think of anything that makes me see so much red as people appropriating genocide for kicks and giggles. …
A property of the clan
Please note that this post discusses brutal violence against a young woman. I want to tell you about when I …
Who counts in talking about social justice?
A few weeks back, I was having a conversation with some classmates about historical sexual slavery. There was a thread …
Translating ourselves back to ourselves
I wrote this some months ago, and finally decided to put it up. Then a close relative died. It has …
People don’t need solutions, be they Pacific, Malaysia, or Nauru
Something’s been sending chills up my spine lately. That is, Australian policy on asylum seekers has been scaring me ever …
Feminist wordplay: your turn
Earlier today, I tweeted the following: I typed ‘vulvarity’ instead of ‘vulgarity’. Best typo ever. Good thing I caught that …
Who is “we”?
I’ve got some thoughts percolating about audiences, pronouns, assumptions, and groupings. But I’m very tired and headachey and have been …
So much to think about
I’ve been trying to pull together these thoughts for months, but have never quite had the language to articulate it. …
Referring you on.
I recall that some readers were interested in hearing more about race terminology in different cultural and national contexts. I’ve …
