Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has)

Name: Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has)
Uploaded: 2020-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 13 min
Description: Dictionaries and grammar "rules" don't have the final word on language -- and believing they do can harm more than help, especially for the trans community. Sociolinguist Archie Crowley deconstructs three common myths around language, demonstrating how it's a fluid system that naturally evolves in the direction of inclusion.

TEDxUofSC 2020Oct 202013 min1438434 views

Speaker

Archie CrowleyFuturist | Bestselling Author on the Human Impact of AI

About this talk

Dictionaries and grammar "rules" don't have the final word on language -- and believing they do can harm more than help, especially for the trans community. Sociolinguist Archie Crowley deconstructs three common myths around language, demonstrating how it's a fluid system that naturally evolves in the direction of inclusion.