Changing Words is Hard

Using the right words is not especially easy. I should know; I help people do that for a living. I also try to make words do things to say stuff and express my feelings.

Content warning: I allude to slurs in this piece, citing a couple of them, and also discuss ableism.

Snatched from Google. No idea what the original source is.

Sometimes those feelings are angry, contemptuous, dismissive, or that sort of thing. It’s useful to have ways to belittle or…