Gramsci on Madness and Fascism: Hegemony and Sanist Slurs By Robert Chapman Mad and neurodivergent people on the left often find ourselves in purportedly inclusive spaces where ableist and sanist language nonetheless circulates casually, most often as a way of dismissing political opponents. Words like mad, insane, or moronic are deployed as if they were […]
CFP: The Meaning of Misogyny, Jun. 30-Jul. 1, 2026, Manchester/Online (deadline: Mar. 15, 2026)
The Meaning of Misogyny Conference is taking place from the 30th of June to the 1st of July 2026 at the University of Manchester. This two-day, hybrid conference aims to look at the work that specifically focuses on the meaning of misogynistic and/or gendered language. The topics will relate, but are not limited to, the following […]
STAL Seminar: Luvell Anderson, “Theories of Reclamation,” Online, Oct. 27, 2025, 14:30 CET
The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home), an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs, pejoratives, expressives and evaluative terms from less studied languages, invites you to the first talk of the 2025-2026 academic year, given by Luvell Anderson (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and entitled “Theories of Reclamation”. […]
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