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There are things that we, as a society, would be remiss not to be sticklers about: inclusive language that shows respect for and validation of the people who inhabit this world, and information that’s presented accurately and clearly
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the “well,” or the middle section of the magazine,
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The BuzzFeed Style Guide advises that individual Tumblr blog names should be capitalized and set in roman type,
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a person who transitions to become female is a transgender woman, whereas a person who transitions to become male is a transgender man.
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Use italics for news websites and blogs (essentially anything that produces regular, dated content and is in other words analogous to a newspaper or magazine), and quotation marks for articles;
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The BuzzFeed Style Guide advises capitalizing only the first letter of words in trademarked product and brand names, unless that name is made of initials (e.g., AT&T, but Ikea, Lego, Nike
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•Latino surnames often comprise both the maternal and paternal family name
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•Do not use an apostrophe when a word is primarily descriptive rather than possessive: e.g., homeowners association, kids department, teachers college, writers room. [The word is acting more like an adjective than a possessive noun.]
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•Proper nouns ending in s that make a z sound, e.g., BuzzFeed News’ [a
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