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Peg Boyle Single • Demystifying Dissertation Writing: A Streamlined Process from Choice of Topic to Final Text
TIME IS MONEY
George Lakoff • Metaphors We Live By
the authority to sanction taste, then, does not rest exclusively on issues of class but also encompasses issues of gender,
Henry Jenkins • Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture
When a situation requires us to push a point that makes others uncomfortable, it challenges scripts that cast women as emotional “givers”; departing from this script, we may feel awkward, or bad for making others feel awkward.
Alexandra Plakias • Awkwardness: A Theory
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
A recurring theme in participant feedback was that the language model lacked taste and intentionality...In contrast, good writers are skilled not only in producing but also discerning good language. In other words, they have taste, the ability to decide why one sentence is interesting while another is not.
Daphne Ippolito • Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers
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George Lakoff • Metaphors We Live By
Dismissing the things women say they love as inconsequential allows our culture to stealthily ensure women remain subordinate to men.