offensive language: why swearing isn't the problem
swearing is a great tool for social bonding, self-expression, and even pain resistance, but 'bad language' has often been painted as the central perpetrator of causing offence. Tabby Carless Frost argues that offence and offensiveness are much more nuanced than they are often presented to be. the article is accompanied by Tabby’s own illustration.
Lepidoptera
on International Women’s Day 2019, we emphasise the importance of female voice in the creative world. Georgia Bartlett-McNeil writes a poem based on trying to find the right words, even if they cease to exist.
women are changing our language
Sophie Bell observes the agency of gender when it comes to spoken language and discusses the role of women in relation to linguistic change.
words as an instrument in female narrative
Sophie Bell considers the features which mark female speech and how they should not be a disadvantage to how female discourse is received by its audience.
theresa and trump: a body language analysis
Imogen Bristow explores the significance of body language in light of some questionable exchanges between Theresa May and Donald Trump following his recent UK visit.