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Monthly Archives: February 2021
Microaggressions in Editing?
An interesting headline crossed my desk from a couple of different directions recently. Here’s the source story by Crystal Shelley over at ACES, if you’d like to give it a quick read before continuing (it’s short but it’s not necessary … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Language, Things you should know, Writing
Tagged aces, bias, crystal shelley, editing, editors, hyphen, italics, microaggression, racism, style, workshop
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Revisiting Racism and Racialism
Every once in awhile something drops into the mailbag from out of the blue which leaves me scratching my head. It might be because I have no idea why I received it, or maybe it’s productive confusion over a reader … Continue reading