Empowering Identity with Language

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A YouTube blogger named Finn talks about how language can power and disempower identities. Specifically he talks about how trans individuals need to use confident language when talking about their identity. He points out the faults of expressions and phrases commonly used by the Transgender community that feed into the disempowered dialogue used by non-trans individuals. The way that we talk about ourselves not only influences the way we feel about ourselves but also how we allow others to talk about us.

Posted by Natoshea Cate on December 15, 2017

Tags:
Ideology;
Linguistic Relativity;
Stigma;
Gender

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