Change the law now, child ”pornography” does not exist and it is normatively skewed. We must follow other countries where we talk about (child) sexual abuse material and image based abuse.

#CSAM #languagematters #childsexualabuse #criminallaw

It’s time to permanently retire the ‘r-word’ - Dorchester Reporter It’s time to finally retire the “r-word” and other pejorative terminology.

It’s time to retire the “r‑word” — language that has long dehumanized people with disabilities and holds back dignity and inclusion. www.dotnews.com/2026/03/04/its-time-to-p...

#LanguageMatters #DisabilityRights #Respect #Inclusion

Or the ov@ries. #LanguageMatters.

There's no such thing as "recreational drugs", FYI.

"Recreational drug use", yes.
"Recreational drugs", no.
#LanguageMatters

Thoughts on #InternationalWomensDay
Without #equality, our planet cannot be saved, because oppression harms everyone.
Equality must begin with language since language creates awareness: #LanguageMatters.
#AbortionIsHealthcare and a #humanRight.
#Resist to #saveDemocracy!
#StrongerTogether: #ALText:)

Mein Screenshot liest sich: "Gedanken zum #Weltfrauentag Gleichberechtigung ist eine notwendige Bedingung zur Rettung des Planeten. Unterdrückung schadet nämlich Allen, auch den Unterdrückern. Wer nicht die Geburtsnachnamen der acht Urgroßeltern kennt, ist Beweis dafür. Es ist unfassbar bescheuert, dass so viel Informationen verloren geht, weil man Männer für wichtiger hält als Frauen. Der von der Religion induzierte Sexismus ist tief verwurzeltt und führt zu Absonderungen wie diesen: "Männer machen Frauen Kinder", "Samenzellen" "befruchten" Eizellen. Frauen sind keine Brutkästen, die "geschwängert werden", sondern sie zeugen aktiv! Spermien sind keine Samen, sondern Keimzellen, die nicht befruchten, sondern nur mit Eizellen verschmelzen. Und die Eizelle entscheidet, mit welchem Spermium sie verschmilzt: https://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/the-choice-of-sperm-is-entirely-up-to-the-egg-so-why-does-the-myth-of-racing-sperm-persist! Es ist kein Zufall, dass diese Erkenntnisse nicht kommuniziert werden. Es wird immer noch von "Familienvätern" und "Krankenschwestern" gefaselt, Frauen werden immer noch vom Vorbesitzer (Vater) zum Altar geführt, um dort dem neuen Besitzer übergeben zu werden und dessen Namen anzunehmen. Das muss aufhören! Körperliche Autonomie ist ein Menschenrecht; nur Schwangere entscheiden in einer zivilisierten Gesellschaft, wie sie die Schwangerschaft beenden. Das Groteske am §218, der sich auf die Bibel beruft, ist, dass Abtreibung biblisch als mindere Verletzung gilt (Ex 21:22), da das Leben erst mit dem ersten Atemzug beginnt (Gen 2:7)."

Gedanken zum #Weltfrauentag

Ohne #Gleichberechtigung ist unser Planet nicht zu retten, weil Unterdrückung Allen schadet.
Gleichberechtigung muss bei der Sprache anfangen, denn diese schafft Bewusstsein: #LanguageMatters!
#AbortionIsHealthcare and a #humanRight!
#Resist!
#StrongerTogether: #ALText:)

Just in time for the weekend: the Spring issue of The Linguist magazine has just been published on the CIOL website! Download your copy now:
www.ciol.org.uk/thelinguist
#TheLinguist #Languages #news #CIOL #Translators #Interpreters #languagelearningLearning #lovelanguages #LanguageMatters

#WordsMatter
#LanguageMatters
@nytimes.com

@nytimes.wtf

#WordsMatter
#LanguageMatters
@nytimes.com

@nytimes.wtf

The duty of reparations for the killing off of languages by the French state is not for tomorrow. By its guilty inaction it continues to silently to consign minoritised languages to their graves

[in Breton - “with shame”]

#LanguageMatters #Linguicide

« Renversé par un chauffard « 

Une voiture ne roule pas sans un chauffard. La voiture est seulement une boîte métallique, c’est un chauffard qui fait rouler cette boîte

#LanguageMatters

Stigmatizing Language in Healthcare Settings: Results from The Well Project's Research Among Women and Nonbinary Adults Living with HIV The Well Project, along with a group of expert advisors, sought to understand the extent and impact of stigmatizing language in healthcare settings - and what can be done.

The Well Project is proud to launch its latest research report, which demonstrates that the use of stigmatizing language by healthcare providers can have a negative effect on the overall well-being of individuals living with #HIV, as well as their engagement in healthcare. #languagematters

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Firstly, this isn't a 'conflict', it's a war. Second, this is the Israel-US war with Iran, not US-Israel. Rubio made clear the US followed Israel. #languagematters

“Lead footed”? Is that absolving drivers of their responsibility to drive safely including within the speed limit. And giving excuse to law-breaking!

#SpeedKills #LanguageMatters #VisionZero

The Fact Finding myth explodes
A Factual Matrix in flames
#LanguageMatters

‘findings of “FACT” made by judge…were in reality a finding based on a MISTAKEN FOUNDATION’.
'The judge FELL INTO a basic error by not establishing THE FACTUAL MATRIX'

Translate: Not facts
lawgazette.co.uk/news/family-...

Great training this week
Thanks @unwomen.bsky.social

Access to Justice is our focus this year
A gendered lens is vital to guarantee just process
#LanguageMatters are a key part of access to Justice for #VAWG but also for all children in the home
We are here
Progress
Take up Space for Peace

#LanguageMatters

Lover
Wife
Mother

Then you are judged ‘alleged victim’ in a system that requires victims to be soft, gentle & not strident or mortified

But you learn to inhabit your activism softly to survive
You inhabit the space
In stillness
You are not going away

Will newsroom leaders report accurately and frame the US/Trump bombing #Iran as an act of “war”?

So far…
“strike”
“attack”

#LanguageMatters

Deputy Minister Urges Alternative Term to ‘LGBT’, Highlights Role of Language in Shaping Online Exposure KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — The government has proposed using the term “deviant culture” instead of LGBT in public discourse, with Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Marhamah Rosli stressing that language choices can influence both public perception and digital content visibility. She said the recommendation is based on concerns that frequent …

Deputy Minister Urges Alternative Term to ‘LGBT’, Highlights Role of Language in Shaping Online Exposure #LGBT #LanguageMatters #PublicDiscourse #CulturalAwareness #DigitalContent

Lessons yet to be learned as once again the same things are repeated

It’s as if some people are scared of languages

Diversity is strength

#LanguageMatters

Der Screenshot liest sich: "i Alt-Text beschreibt Bilder für blinde und sehbehinderte Leser und hilft, den Kontext für alle zu vermitteln. Jeder kann interagieren Kennzeichnungen"

Mein Screenshot liest sich: "Geschlechtergerechte Sprache muss sein in einer Demokratie, aber sie muss nicht peinlich sein. So ist es richtig: 'Der hörbare* Alt-Text beschreibt Bilder für Blinde und Sehbehinderte und vermittelt Allen** den Kontext.' 'Alle*** können interagieren.' *Viele verstehen den Sinn des Alternativtextes nicht, weil ihnen nicht bewusst ist, dass dieser hörbar ist. Diese Information kann dazu beitragen, dass mehr Leute ihn verwenden. Schreibt es also bitte dazu. **Hauptwörter werden im Deutschen groß geschrieben. ***'Jeder' schließt 'Jede' aus. Hier kann man sich nicht mit generischem Maskulinum 'rauswinden. Schreibt 'Alle', wenn Alle gemeint sind. Das kann doch nicht so schwer sein!"

Was soll der #Sprachsexismus, #Bluesky Deutschland?
Eure Anmerkungen sind zudem zu lang und zu geschraubt. Wie es richtig geht, steht unten.
Geschlechtergerechte Sprache muss sein, aber sie muss nicht peinlich sein.
#LanguageMatters
Stoppt #Sexismus!
#Resist!
#strongerTogether: #ALText is #inclusion

Bilingualism is strength—but blending Urdu and English carelessly may dilute a literary legacy shaped over centuries.
By Ahmad Faruqui

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/23-Feb-2026/...

#UrduLanguage #CulturalIdentity #LanguageMatters #Bilingualism #PreserveUrdu #SaveUrdu #LanguageAndIdentity #Cultural

From Billboards To Talk Shows: How English Words Erase Urdu Vocabulary While borrowing technical terms like ‘machine’ or ‘surgeon’ enriches a language, the displacement of everyday Urdu words by common English equivalents is a

English may open doors, but when it replaces Urdu, we risk losing a language rich in history, identity, and cultural pride.
By Ahmad Faruqui

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Feb-2026/...

#UrduLanguage #CulturalIdentity #LanguageMatters #Bilingualism #PreserveUrdu

The Quiet Disappearance of Italian in Italy

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#Italiano #LinguaItaliana #Anglicismi #Ecolinguistica #Dante #PatrimonioLinguistico #Itanglese #SalviamoLItaliano #LanguageMatters

When Language Softens Harm The phrase shows up everywhere now. “Lived experience.

The phrase “lived experience” is everywhere.

When the subject is abuse, I choose a different word.

Survival.
👇
#SurvivorMusic #PathologicalAbuse #DomesticAbuse #CoerciveControl #AbuseOfPower #Narcissist #Sociopath #Psychopath #Trauma #CPTSD #MentalHealth #LanguageMatters #TruthWarriors #Survival

#LanguageMatters

Worth the read and the linked piece at the end too

Every mother tongue carries emotions that no other language can replace.
Celebrate your roots. Celebrate your language. ❤️
#MotherLanguageDay #LanguageMatters #CulturalHeritage #Pride #InternationalDay #MedicoJobs

Celebrating the beauty of every mother tongue and the role of language in culture, identity & belonging.

At African Rainbow Family, we honour linguistic diversity & inclusive voices. 💬🌈

#MotherLanguageDay #LanguageMatters 🗣️✨

A close-up of a globe featuring Asia and the Middle East, with text reading "International Mother Language Day" and "21st February." Below is an icon of two speech bubbles with different characters, symbolising multilingual communication

Today is #InternationalMotherLanguageDay.🗣️

It is observed to celebrate language & encourage the learning of multiple #Languages & the maintenance of mother languages, especially those endangered.

See: adoddle.org/events-calen...

#LanguageMatters #CulturalHeritage