Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Tag: ableist language

  • Improve your lexicon: -tard

    I’m on a never-ending quest to improve my vocabulary – both by expanding it, and by getting rid of some of the more objectionable, oppressive language which we all use…

  • Improve your lexicon: lame

    I’m on a never-ending quest to improve my vocabulary – both by expanding it, and by getting rid of some of the more objectionable language which we all use without…

  • Watching our language on mental illness and disability

    [Content note: ableist language] It was probably inevitable that in a post on The Standard about the differences in commentary style between leftwing and rightwing blogs, someone would come along…