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Language
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gender and the Importance of Language in Wills
By Tracy Thomas
Paula Monopoli, JOTWELL, Linguistic Theory, Gender Schemas and Wills, reviewing Karen Sneddon, Not Your Mother's Will: Gender, Language, and Wills, 98 Marq. L. Rev. 1535 (2015).Language matters. In her recent article, Not Your…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Scientists Need to Take Back the Word ‘Alien’ Before We Find Extraterrestrials
Immigration law professors often grapple with the use of the term "alien," which is nothing less than the DNA of the INA (Immigration and Nationality Act). The term is often questioned…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Woman, Female or Lady? An Etymological Dilemma
By Tracy Thomas
Slate, When You Should Use Female, Woman, or Lady as an Adjective: A GuideWe had this dilemma in captioning a class action lawsuit. Women Prisoners of the DC Dep't of Corrections…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article On Gender And Language In A Will
Karen J. Sneddon (Professor of Law- Mercer Law School) recently published an article entitled, Not your mother's will: gender, language, and wills, 98 Marq. L. Rev. (2015). Provided below is an…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
College Common App Directs Students to Use Ms.
By Tracy Thomas
Directions from the College Common Application. Ms. and MissIf you are describing an unmarried woman, please select Ms. as your choice. This title can be used for a married or unmarried…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Mrs., Ms. or Mx.?
By Tracy Thomas
First Ms.--Now Mx!In what could be an exciting linguistic turn for trans and gender-nonconforming folks, the Oxford English Dictionary isconsidering adding the gender-neutral honorific Mx. to future editions. Pronounced “mix” or “mux,” the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Sweden Adds Gender-Neutral Pronoun
By Tracy Thomas
WashPost, Sweden is About to Add a Gender-Neutral Pronoun to its Official DictionaryIn the Egalia, a preschool in Stockholm, there are no male or femalestudents. Instead, all children are referred to…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
One word gender-neutral pronoun?
By John Kang
From the Guardian UK:For those now considering commenting to suggest that there’s a perfectly fine existing neutral pronoun – “they” – remember that pronouns must match both gender and number. So in…
The Right Coast
China bans wordplay in attempt at pun control | World news | The Guardian
From online discussions to adverts, Chinese culture is full of puns. But the country s print and broadcast watchdog has ruled that there is nothing funny about them.It has banned…
The Right Coast
Ban ‘feminist’ | WashingtonExaminer.com
Time Magazine released its annual word banishment poll asking people to vote for which word needs to be banned and the word feminist is so far winning by a mile.via…