#linguicism

[rikaklassen]

“There is a cyborg hierarchy. They like us best with bionic arms and legs. They like us Deaf with hearing aids, though they prefer cochlear implants. It would be an affront to ask the Hearing to learn sign language. Instead they wish for us to lose our language, abandon our culture, and consider ourselves cured. They like exoskeletons, which none of us use. They don’t count as cyborgs those of us who wear pacemakers or go to dialysis. Nor do they count those of us kept alive by machines, those of us made ambulatory by wheelchairs, those of us on biologics or antidepressants. They want us shiny and metallic and in their image.”

― Jillian Weise, "Common Cyborg" from Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century edited by Alice Wong. Edit: Updated. Sorry for the incorrect attribution. I didn't have a copy of the book readily available and assumed deaf authors I follow on social media were correct when they were sharing this quote. Thank you @themathomhouse for bringing this to my attention.

[this-is-infantilization]

getting teased for having a stutter and for struggling w words. i often simplify my language when my brain fog is bad and it would lead to teasing by my family...especially since i tend to have a higher, more whiney pitch when i'm fatigued and foggy

This is infantilization and linguicism that come from clasissm. For one, you shouldn't be teased for something that disables you if you're not comfortable, this is ableism and infantilization.

Then the part about the linguicism stemming from infantilization of lower class people is historically very old. For the longest time the upper class and elite have been gatekeeping language fluency and literacy by complicating spellings and criticize "lesser" accents (also based in a lot of xenophobia and racism). Which made it so that the lower class had a literacy average to the one of the elite's children. Which created this infantilization and linguicism intersectionality.

[alwaysbewoke]

[this-is-anti-masculinity]

omg tysm for adding me to that list! i didn't even realise my account was big enough for that yet lol

- @this-is-linguicism

The list in question [link.]

Ofc! Linguicism is a very important topic that deserves more awareness. I hope more people find your account and share their experiences/learn from others experiences!

[motherblackcap]

also like. when people make fun of accents in the UK I find it... interesting how they don't consider the fact that not only are they being classist: the majority of the time they're being racist as well. Think about the slang words that are poked fun of on the internet and think about how many of them actually come from MLE or wider MBE. like the post I just reblogged said, it's not the rich white people who are using the words you think are 'weird' or 'funny', is it?

[sociolingarticles]

New 'language' discovered to be developing in the United States

A new dialect has been emerging from certain parts of Miami due to cultural intermingling between Spanish and English speakers.The distinct

[linguaphiliax]

Definition of “holistic”

Being holistic means:

concerning yourself with the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

finding solutions to problems by examining the pattern and web of the whole.

remembering that everything is interconnected.

Being holistic does NOT mean:

trying to prove that the earth is flat without first checking to see if you’re wrong.

mocking and shaming people for cosplaying as furry animals or enjoying furry art and media.

treating children and younger generations as if they are stupid, can’t think for themselves, and need constant protection.

disrespecting or excluding women and ignoring the struggles they face.

expecting people with disorders or disabilities to prove that they are disabled or mentally ill.

treating people with disorders or disabilities as if they won’t be able to achieve anything.

ignoring the wishes, achievements, and needs of people of color and indigenous peoples from all around the globe.

expecting everyone else to learn and speak your language whilst making no attempts to learn or speak theirs.

judging others for being fat or having a different shaped body than most.

expecting that other people owe you sex or a relationship because you find them attractive.

excluding transgender people from the queer community.

shaming homeless people for falling into a situation they can’t get themselves out of without help.

proclaiming “all lives matter” in order to uphold a racist status quo.

labelling, stereotyping and/or stigmatizing other people’s sexualities.

believing that straight and/or cis pride is necessary, despite them not being stigmatised or discriminated against on those bases.

making fun of or disregarding people who are grieving the loss of a friend or relative.

treating people who hold different religious beliefs as evil or sinful, including atheists.

If you do any of these things, you cannot legitimately call yourself "holistic”, because:

they willfully ignore the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

they divide up and examine only specific parts of the web and pattern of the universe.

and they make your life just plain miserable, so just don’t do that to yourself.

Everyone is important.

Everything is interconnected.

[ragingflamingbisexualswordofdoom]

This morning I was reading Good Omens in Norwegian, and somehow my brain glitched and I asked my dad to pass the coffee in Icelandic. He replied in German. His mother tongue is English, mine is French. During all this we were in Denmark.

My brain hurts.