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Rules don't make language inclusive: you do

How Bold Type empowers you to think for yourself

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Ettie Bailey-King
Nov 26, 2024
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Hi friends,

When I started learning about inclusive language, I half expected a guidebook to instruct me how to get it “right.”

But I quickly realised:

  • there is no “right” - context really matters,

  • people disagree. On loads of things! From age to class to disability to race, there isn’t one right answer,

  • we need to understand the why behind words,

  • language i…

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