Tone Police, Capital Ws, and Ivy League Disemvoweling
Feminine Chaos
English - August 07, 2020 20:47 - 51.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsNews Science Natural Sciences women feminism culture culture wars Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Phoebe's lurking in Facebook mom groups inspires a deep dive on tone policing: what it is, why it's used, and whether it killed Alexander Hamilton. (It definitely did.) Then, a discussion of language conventions: the Washington Post's controversial decision to capitalize the "w" in white, and one college graduate's disavowal of her family wealth complete with brutal disemvoweling of her Ivy League credentials. Also, Kat finally went to IKEA, and it was really depressing.
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A definition of "tone policing" The Washington Post announces White-with-a-capital-W Karen Attiah's "Friends is white culture" tweet The Weather Underground member who blew up her parents’ townhouse Phoebe on pandemic shoppingSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.