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How to take sexism and male default thinking out of your language

Disrupt sexism, starting with your words

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Ettie Bailey-King
Aug 15, 2023
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Hi friends,

You may have heard about the Barbie movie.

I went to see it, and now I communicate entirely in Barbie memes.

I would apologise for this, but Barbie would never. As Lawyer Barbie says: “I have no difficulty holding logic and feeling at the same time. And it does not diminish my powers, it expands them.” ✨

A tweet from Lucy Ford. It shows Ken’s police photograph from the Barbie movie. He’s grinning delightedly, wearing a neon visor and sweat bands. The mugshot board gives his name as “And Ken.” Lucy’s caption reads: "me if making the barbie movie my whole personality was illegal.”
A tweet from Lucy Ford. It shows Ken’s p…

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