The Conscious Language Newsletter
The Conscious Language Newsletter: January 2021
Letting go of words that no longer serve us.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: December 2020
How to handle questionable passages in classic children’s books.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: November 2020
How to talk about autism without using ableist language.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: October 2020
Focus on fiction: body positivity, describing women, and not making Whiteness the default.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: September 2020
Respecting Muxe, a third gender in Zapotec cultures in Oaxaca.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: August 2020
The harm in overstating harm.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: July 2020
The term “BIPOC,” Orientalism in food writing, and racist mascots.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: June 2020
Updating the definition of “racism” in Merriam-Webster.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: May 2020
Language that empowers communities in times of crisis.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: April 2020
Gender-inclusive labels, categories, and courtesy titles.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: March 2020
Covering the coronavirus responsibly.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: February 2020
Why newsrooms are rethinking mugshots, “crazy” isn’t always ableist, and gaming needs gender-neutral pronouns.
The Conscious Language Newsletter: January 2020
Why the Los Angeles Times stopped italicizing “foreign” foods, Merriam-Webster is reviewing an entry in its dictionary, and compliments can be racist.
December 2019 Newsletter
Reclaiming the “OK” gesture, designing better algorithms, and the potential of “y’all.”
November 2019 Newsletter
Tips on writing about students experiencing homelessness.