Having some problems with my Wacom this week, new comics will be up as soon as I resolve it!
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- Hey Robot Hugs, is the mystery merch-deal still on? (I don't know wh...at it's called anymore, but I basically mean if you still have merchandise left) I wanted to postpone ordering until after my birthday to give my friends a chance to buy it as a gift, but I realise this could mean I now missed the opportunity. I'm asking because I suck at buying merch, so I'll need some instructions where to look for it if I'm not too late. See More
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New comic!
‘It’s just a word’ is a fairly common protest when I point out problematic language. It’s frustrating, because the truth is that language, power, society, and structural discrimination are deeply entwined. As someone who has studied linguistics and social information practices, I can absolutely speak to the fact that language is a powerful and insidious tool for keeping people down, whether it’s hissed at you by a passerby on the street, or spray-painted on your ho...use, or used jokingly by your peers, or used to describe you in legislation, the language that describes and defines us has consequences that ripple through our lives, right down to our bones.
The flip side of this is that when you’re aware of the power of words, it becomes important to be able to take control of that power by self defining and reclaiming language. People get weirdly upset at ‘made up words’ for gender and sexual orientation without understanding the history of criminalizaing, pathologizing, misinterpretation, and discrimination that the ‘normal’ words carry. We are aware of this power, and we’re using the power of language to self-identify. Apparently that’s very threatening.
“it’s only a word” – so, it won’t be a big deal for you to stop using it, right? Right?
New comic!
Weddings are often kind of riddled with gendered language, but you know, that’s ok, no one is saying everything has to be gender neutral all the time – just that we have to be a little flexible with our terminology now and then…
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While it’s not unusual that I and my partner mz disagree, I can think of maybe one argument we’ve had, and I can’t recall a single fight. We do frequently sigh heavily and remind each other that we love each other, though. Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.
Earlier in 2015