Thanks, Joe Rogan!Remember a month ago when the heterodox academia-adjacent were tweeting #ThanksJoeRogan in some goofball attempt to defend him from…Feb 4, 2022Feb 4, 2022
Beyond “Mention vs. Use”: The Linguistics of SlursThere is a group of people who are extremely concerned that they might get in trouble for saying the N-word.Jun 2, 20211Jun 2, 20211
This is a linguistics controversy. Now there are two of them. There are two ____.The newest major disagreement in linguistics appears to be about a cute little blue guy who looks vaguely like a peep. What on earth is…Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
How Bad is That LSA Letter, Though?Wherever I look these days, I see the claim that the letter to the LSA had no logic to it at all, that it was full of misconstrued or…Jul 25, 20201Jul 25, 20201
Bad News About That Pro-Pinker Mother Jones Piece: It Doesn’t Make Any Fucking SenseDaniel King, a copy editor at Mother Jones, wrote this smug little sigh of an op-ed calling the authors and signers of the LSA open letter…Jul 9, 20201Jul 9, 20201
Don’t Kid Yourself: We Are All Karenall these Karen exposés help white people distance ourselves from the stereotype without engaging with our own inner KarenJul 6, 20201Jul 6, 20201