Quirky but Fierce Podcast

0012 Grammar D*cks

Dee Magee & Lauren Fowler Season 1 Episode 12

SUMMARY:  Can Dee make a full recovery from being a grammar dick? Will Lauren's butt get sorted?

Grammar policing becomes problematic when we use it as a way of judging someone’s intelligence and/or value and to uphold systems of oppression, socioeconomic prejudice, or other means of discrimination.


SOURCES:
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210528-the-pervasive-problem-of-linguistic-racism

https://www.msudenver.edu/writing-center/faculty-resources/linguistic-white-supremacy/

https://daily.jstor.org/grammar-rule-is-probably-fake/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/15/why-its-time-to-stop-worrying-about-the-decline-of-the-english-language

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INTRO MUSIC:

"This Way" Hip-Hop Beat by Music Unlimited