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Researcher Who Coined 'Cisgender' Reacts To Elon Musk Labeling It 'A Slur'
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTwitter CEO and noted transphobe Elon Musk has decreed that the words “cis” and “cisgender” will be...
Fact Check: The Word 'Gauze' Sounds Similar to 'Gaza.' Linguists Say That's Probably No Accident
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGetty Images Claim: The word "gauze," woven fabric used for medical purposes, originated from Gaza,...
Elon Musk Dials Up Transphobia on Twitter, Says 'Cis' Is a Slur
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTwitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk, who had previously declared himself a “free speech...
Cathleen Schine on Sigrid Nunez, 'Pride and Prejudice,' and The Book That Grew On Her
Elle via AOL· 2 months agoShelf Life: Cathleen SchinePORTRAIT BY Karen Tapia / ILLUSTRATION BY YOUSRA ATTIA Welcome to Shelf...
Frank Alfred Odysseus: The meaning behind the name of Carrie and Boris Johnson’s third child
The Independent via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOn Tuesday 11 July, Carrie Johnson announced that she and former prime minister Boris Johnson have...
‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Turns 100—a ‘Stitched-Together’ Masterpiece, as Its Name Implies
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoWORD ON THE STREET The 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” has sparked...
The Things We Can't Say
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIllustration: Lex Villena; Yuliaglam An obscure webpage that Stanford University had quietly published seven months earlier made a huge splash in late...
Breaking the spell: Learn the trick of decoding scientific plant names
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoPassiflora incarnata, Nymphaea odorata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Asclepius incarnata! Sounds like...
What is a Catamount? Here is what it is and why it is the University of Vermont’s mascot
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNote: This story was originally published in March 2019. Common knowledge: the Catamount is the...
How to exist in many worlds at once, with Yendry
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe artist is on a traveler's journey from her roots to where she is now. Her music is an acceptance and integration of all of her cultures, eras and...