Why We Should Stop Saying “Underrepresented”
thinking about alterity and difference that has become a useful critical tool for feminist, antiracist, and other political work.
Rob Latham • Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings
Restoring women’s voices where they are missing.
Tara Mohr • Playing Big
This matters, because language is a form of power. It creates categories that help us interpret the world, and that which is not easily available in language is often ignored in thought itself. A shared vocabulary makes ideas more accessible while a lack of language can render an experience illegible. It can isolate.
Angela Chen • Ace
“I’ve always hated the phrase ‘speak truth to power,’ because it assumes all power is bad. It should really be ‘speak truth to power when the power is false or damaging—or even just plain bizarre,’” Swisher writes. Her rebuke to the Quaker slogan is idiotic, to be sure, but it is on to something, if only for the wrong reasons. We shouldn’t be speak... See more