In this opinion column, journalist Arwa Mahdawi explores the limitations of gendered language such as mansplaining and girlboss. These neologisms seem to have been created to illustrate a criticism of gendered language, but end up having the reverse effect. Mahdawi explores how we create language to subvert the sexism within current phrases, titles or expressions, but in the end Mahdawi argues that " It doesn’t tear down the sexism encoded in language, it reinforces it." Sophia Amoruso, who popularised the term girlboss, at the premiere of Netflix’s Girlboss TV show. The problem with gendered language
Thank you to Lucas for bringing this piece to my attention. Memory and eyewitness testimony come under heavy criticism in terms of their reliability, their bias and the way they are influenced by personal assumptions or experiences. This piece, by Scientific American, explores the controversy surrounding eyewitness accounts and the devastating effects these can have. Why Science Tells Us Not to Rely on Eyewitness Accounts
An interview with author Tom Bissell about his book Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve and his attempt to discover whether Jesus' 12 apostles were actual historical figures or merely characters in a fictional story. These 12 Men Shaped Christianity—But Were They Real?
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