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<h1>📕 Self-Defined Dictionary</h1>
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<p>A modern dictionary about us. We define our words, but they don't define us.</p>
<p>Self-Defined seeks to provide more inclusive, holistic, and fluid definitions to reflect the modern world.
For now, this stands as a list only, from which you can self-educate. Pull requests can be made to include words that are not yet represented.</p>
<h2>Context</h2>
<ul>
<li>Dictionary definitions, which are written by centred and majority people, are often weaponised to refute marginalised and minoritised people. If I had a dollar for every time I got pasted the definition of &quot;racism.&quot;</li>
<li>Marginalised people do an extraordinary burden to define words for people. My hope is to minimise that emotional labour and place it onto a robot.</li>
<li>Words help to materialise concepts, which allow people to be perceived in their identities. Words also create policies, which can define infrastructure.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Components (Build order)</h2>
<ol>
<li><strong>Dictionary site</strong>: Webapp where words can be connected, linking to alternates for bad terms or alternates for definitions with nuance. Create ability to use parameters so someone can connect multiple words they use together, to help clear up how they define themselves. For example, <code>?disabled+pan+Indigenous</code>. Creating such a strand easily would allow people to link in email signatures, Twitter bios, etc.</li>
<li><strong>Twitter bot:</strong> Allows someone to tag <a href="https://twitter.com/SelfDefinedBot">@SelfDefinedBot</a> in order to get automated reply. For example '@SelfDefinedBot define racism'.</li>
<li><strong>Slack bot:</strong> Problematic words could be flagged and alternates could be provided. Could also define words.</li>
<li><strong>Custom API:</strong> Allows dictionary to be adapted and included into other large-scale projects.</li>
</ol>
<h2>Design</h2>
<ul>
<li>Typography at its core, focused on legibility, performance, and future-proofing for translations/non-Roman alphabets.</li>
<li>High-contrast colour palette, again for legibility.</li>
<li>Lack of imagery or ornamentation, given the sensitivity and representation of these communities. Depicting them visually at this time feels reductionist.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Philosophies</h2>
<ul>
<li>Maintain OSS nature for non-profit and other OSS uses, but charge for corporate uses.</li>
<li>Ensure that dictionary includes nuances and expresses that not everyone ascribes to terms exactly as they are; illustrate and articulate those nuances wherever possible.</li>
<li>Accessibility, inclusion, and performance are at the core of this project.</li>
</ul>
<h2>How to Help</h2>
<p>🐛 Check <a href="https://github.com/tatianamac/selfdefined/issues">Issues</a>, which include code and also definition writing.
💰 Support this OSS project by <a href="https://github.com/users/tatianamac/sponsorship">sponsoring me</a>.
🐦 Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/selfdefinedapp">Self-Defined on Twitter</a>.</p>

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<title>Self-Defined &middot; A modern dictionary about us. We define our words, but they don't define us.</title> <title>Self-Defined &middot; A modern dictionary about us. We define our words, but they don't define us.</title>
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<h1 class="title__thicc">Self-Defined</h1> <h1>Self-Defined</h1>
<p>A modern dictionary about us.<br>We define our words, but they don't define us.</p> <span class="subtitle">A modern dictionary about us. We define our words, but they don't define us.</span>
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<p class="summary"> <p class="summary">
Self-Defined seeks to provide more inclusive, holistic, and fluid definitions to reflect the the diverse perspectives of the modern world. Self-Defined seeks to provide more inclusive, holistic, and fluid definitions to reflect the the diverse perspectives of the modern world.
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<h3>A-E</h3> <h3>A-E</h3>
<ul> <ul>
<li>Ableism</li> <li>Ablelism</li>
<li>American</li> <li>American</li>
<li class="subterm">African</li> <li class="subterm">African</li>
<li class="subterm">Asian</li> <li class="subterm">Asian</li>
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<li class="subterm">Indigenous</li> <li class="subterm">Indigenous</li>
<li>Ambulatory Wheelchair</li> <li>Ambulatory Wheelchair</li>
<li>Ancestors</li> <li>Ancestors</li>
<li>Anti-</li> <li>Anti-blackness</li>
<li class="subterm">blackness</li>
<li class="subterm">queerness</li>
<li class="subterm">trans</li>
<li>Anxiety disorders</li> <li>Anxiety disorders</li>
<li>aromantic</li> <li>aromantic</li>
<li>Asian</li> <li class="subterm">Asian</li>
<li class="subterm">East</li> <li class="subterm">East</li>
<li class="subterm">South</li> <li class="subterm">South</li>
<li class="subterm">Southeast</li> <li class="subterm">Southeast</li>
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<li class="subterm">Aesthetic</li> <li class="subterm">Aesthetic</li>
<li class="subterm">Platonic</li> <li class="subterm">Platonic</li>
<li class="subterm">Sexual</li> <li class="subterm">Sexual</li>
<li>Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)</li>
<li>Autism spectrum</li> <li>Autism spectrum</li>
<li>Bias</li> <li>Bias</li>
<li>Bierasure</li> <li>bierasure</li>
<li>Bipolar <br><span class="flag__red">medical appropriation</span></li> <li>bipolar</li>
<li>Bisexual</li> <li>Bisexual</li>
<li>Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME)</li> <li>Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME)</li>
<li>Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC)</li> <li>Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC)</li>
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<li>colorism</li> <li>colorism</li>
<li>Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)</li> <li>Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)</li>
<li>cultural appropriation</li> <li>cultural appropriation</li>
<li><a class="word__link" href=#crazy>crazy</a><span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li> <li><a class="word__link" href=#crazy>crazy</a></li>
<li>Crippled <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
<li>Demi</li> <li>Demi</li>
<li class="subterm">-boy</li> <li class="subterm">-boy</li>
<li class="subterm">-girl</li> <li class="subterm">-girl</li>
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<li class="subterm">-sexual</li> <li class="subterm">-sexual</li>
<li>deaf and Deaf</li> <li>deaf and Deaf</li>
<li>Disability</li> <li>Disability</li>
<li>Disabled</li> <li>disabled</li>
<li>Discordant couples</li> <li>discordant couples</li>
<li>Discrimination</li>
<li>Dominant culture</li>
<li>Dominant culture habits</li>
<li>Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS)</li>
<li>Egalitarian</li>
<li>Empathy</li>
<li>enby</li>
<li><a href="#esl" class="word__link">English as a Second Language (ESL)</a></li>
<li>Entitlement</li>
<li>Equality</li>
<li>Equity</li>
<li>Ethnicity</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section class="list">
<h3>F-L</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fem</li>
<li>Femme</li>
<li>Gaslighting</li>
<li>Gender</li>
<li class="subterm">Cis</li>
<li class="subterm">-Fluid</li>
<li class="subterm">Non-conforming</li>
<li class="subterm">Trans</li>
<li class="subterm">Queer</li>
<li>Gender confirmation surgery (GCS)</li>
<li>Genocide</li>
<li>Governmentality</li>
<li>gray ace</li>
<li>Gray asexuality</li>
<li>Hard of Hearing (HOH)</li>
<li>hegemonic</li>
<li>Hermaphrodite</li>
<li class="subterm">pseudo, male and female</li>
<li>High-Functioning</li>
<li>Hijab</li>
<li>Hispanic</li>
<li>Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)</li>
<li>Homophobia</li>
<li>hormone Replacement therapy (HRT)</li>
<li>Illness</li>
<li class="subterm">Chronic</li>
<li>Immigrant</li>
<li>Impact</li>
<li>Implicit bias</li>
<li>Indigenous</li>
<li>Inherent</li>
<li>Intent</li>
<li>internalized oppression</li>
<li>Intersectionality</li>
<li>intersex</li>
<li>invisible disabilities</li>
<li>Jihad</li>
<li>Latinx</li>
</ul>
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<p class="summary">
<span class="subtitle">A modern dictionary about us. We define our words, but they don't define us.</span><br>Self-Defined seeks to provide more inclusive, holistic, and fluid definitions to reflect the modern world.<br>
</p>
<div class="box">
<span class="subtitle">Ways to help</span>
<ol>
<li> Submit words and definitions through <a href="https://github.com/tatianamac/selfdefined/pulls" rel="noreferral">pull requests</a>.</li>
<li>Sponsor this work through <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/tatianamac">GitHub Sponsors</a>.</li>
<li>Volunteer writing, design, dev help by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tatianatmac">DMing me @tatianatmac on Twitter</a>.</li>
</ol>
</div>
</section>
<div class="grid">
<section class="list">
<h3>A-E</h3>
<ul>
<li>Ablelism</li>
<li>American</li>
<li class="subterm">African</li>
<li class="subterm">Asian</li>
<li class="subterm">Black</li>
<li class="subterm">Indigenous</li>
<li>Ambulatory Wheelchair</li>
<li>Ancestors</li>
<li>Anti-blackness</li>
<li>Anxiety disorders</li>
<li>aromantic</li>
<li class="subterm">Asian</li>
<li class="subterm">East</li>
<li class="subterm">South</li>
<li class="subterm">Southeast</li>
<li>asexual</li>
<li>Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)</li>
<li>assigned at birth</li>
<li>Attraction</li>
<li class="subterm">Aesthetic</li>
<li class="subterm">Platonic</li>
<li class="subterm">Sexual</li>
<li>Autism spectrum</li>
<li>Bias</li>
<li>bierasure</li>
<li>bipolar</li>
<li>Bisexual</li>
<li>Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME)</li>
<li>Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC)</li>
<li>Black</li>
<li class="subterm">men (BM)</li>
<li class="subterm">people (BP)</li>
<li class="subterm">women (BW)</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Bropropriating</li>
<li>Burka</li>
<li>Child of a Deaf Adult (CODA)</li>
<li>cisgender</li>
<li>Climate change</li>
<li>Colonial narrative</li>
<li>Colonialism</li>
<li>colorism</li>
<li>Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)</li>
<li>cultural appropriation</li>
<li><a class="word__link" href="#crazy">crazy</a></li>
<li>Demi</li>
<li class="subterm">-boy</li>
<li class="subterm">-girl</li>
<li class="subterm">-romantic</li>
<li class="subterm">-sexual</li>
<li>deaf and Deaf</li>
<li>Disability</li>
<li>disabled</li>
<li>discordant couples</li>
<li>Discrimination</li> <li>Discrimination</li>
<li>Dominant culture</li> <li>Dominant culture</li>
<li>Dominant culture habits</li> <li>Dominant culture habits</li>
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<ul> <ul>
<li>Fem</li> <li>Fem</li>
<li>Femme</li> <li>Femme</li>
<li><a class="word__link" href="#gaslighting">Gaslighting</a></li> <li>Gaslighting</li>
<li>Gender</li> <li>Gender</li>
<li class="subterm">Cis-</li> <li class="subterm">Cis</li>
<li class="subterm">-Fluid</li> <li class="subterm">-Fluid</li>
<li class="subterm">Non-conforming</li> <li class="subterm">Non-conforming</li>
<li class="subterm">Trans</li> <li class="subterm">Trans</li>
<li class="subterm">-Queer</li> <li class="subterm">Queer</li>
<li>Gender confirmation surgery (GCS)</li> <li>Gender confirmation surgery (GCS)</li>
<li>Gender pronouns</li>
<li>Genocide</li> <li>Genocide</li>
<li>Governmentality</li> <li>Governmentality</li>
<li>gray ace</li> <li>gray ace</li>
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<li>Hispanic</li> <li>Hispanic</li>
<li>Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)</li> <li>Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)</li>
<li>Homophobia</li> <li>Homophobia</li>
<li>Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)</li> <li>hormone Replacement therapy (HRT)</li>
<li>Idiot <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
<li>Illness</li> <li>Illness</li>
<li class="subterm">Chronic</li> <li class="subterm">Chronic</li>
<li>Immigrant</li> <li>Immigrant</li>
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<li>intersex</li> <li>intersex</li>
<li>invisible disabilities</li> <li>invisible disabilities</li>
<li>Jihad</li> <li>Jihad</li>
<li>Lame <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
<li>Latinx</li> <li>Latinx</li>
<li>Lunatic <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
</ul> </ul>
</section> </section>
<section class="list"> <section class="list">
<h3>M-S</h3> <h3>M-S</h3>
<ul> <ul>
<li>Maniac <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
<li>Marginalized</li> <li>Marginalized</li>
<li>Matriarchy</li> <li>Matriarchy</li>
<li>Medication sensitive</li> <li>Medication sensitive</li>
<li>Midget <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li> <li>Militarization</li>
<li>Militarisation</li>
<li><a class="word__link" href="#minorities">Minorities</a></li> <li><a class="word__link" href="#minorities">Minorities</a></li>
<li><a class="word__link" href="#minoritised">Minoritised</a></li> <li><a class="word__link" href="#minoritised">Minoritised</a></li>
<li>Misogynoir</li> <li>Misogynoir</li>
<li>Moron <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
<li>Neurodivergent</li> <li>Neurodivergent</li>
<li>Neurodiverse</li>
<li>Neurotypical</li> <li>Neurotypical</li>
<li>N-word <span class="flag__red">racist slur</span></li>
<li>non binary</li> <li>non binary</li>
<li>-normative</li> <li>-Normative</li>
<li class="subterm">Cis-</li> <li class="subterm">cis</li>
<li class="subterm">Hetero-</li> <li class="subterm">hetero</li>
<li>nuts <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li> <li><a class="word__link" href="#ocd">Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)</a></li>
<li><a class="word__link" href="#ocd">Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)</a><br><span class="flag__red">medical appropriation</span></li>
<li>Oppression</li> <li>Oppression</li>
<li class="subterm">Internalised</li> <li class="subterm">Internalized</li>
<li>Other specified feeding or eating disorders (OSFED)</li> <li>Other specified feeding or eating disorders (OSFED)</li>
<li>Panic attacks</li> <li>Panic attacks</li>
<li>Pansexual</li> <li>Pansexual</li>
<li>-passing</li> <li>-passing</li>
<li class="subterm">cis-</li>
<li class="subterm">female-</li> <li class="subterm">female-</li>
<li class="subterm">male-</li> <li class="subterm">male-</li>
<li class="subterm">white-</li> <li class="subterm">white-</li>
<li>Parachuting</li> <li>Parachuting</li>
<li>Patriarchy</li> <li>Patriarchy</li>
<li><a class="word__link" href="#performative-allyship">Performative allyship</a></li> <li>Performative allyship</li>
<li>People of Color (PoC)</li> <li>People of Color (PoC)</li>
<li>People with disabilities</li> <li>People with disabilities</li>
<li>-phile</li> <li>-phile</li>
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<li class="subterm">Queer</li> <li class="subterm">Queer</li>
<li>Polyamory</li> <li>Polyamory</li>
<li>Positivism</li> <li>Positivism</li>
<li>Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)</li> <li>Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder</li>
<li>power</li> <li>power</li>
<li>Poz</li> <li>Poz</li>
<li>Prejudice</li> <li>Prejudice</li>
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<li class="subterm">Cis</li> <li class="subterm">Cis</li>
<li class="subterm">Monosexual</li> <li class="subterm">Monosexual</li>
<li class="subterm">White</li> <li class="subterm">White</li>
<li>Psych <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
<li>Psychopath <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
<li>Race</li> <li>Race</li>
<li class="subterm">Racial</li> <li class="subterm">Racial</li>
<li class="subterm">Contract</li> <li class="subterm">Contract</li>
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<li class="subterm">Raciology</li> <li class="subterm">Raciology</li>
<li>Racism</li> <li>Racism</li>
<li>Racist</li> <li>Racist</li>
<li>R-tard <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li> <li>Savage</li>
<li>Savage<span class="flag__red">racist slur</span></li>
<li>Savior</li> <li>Savior</li>
<li class="subterm">White</li> <li class="subterm">White</li>
<li>Semitic</li> <li>Semitic</li>
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<li class="subterm">cis</li> <li class="subterm">cis</li>
<li class="subterm">man</li> <li class="subterm">man</li>
<li class="subterm">white</li> <li class="subterm">white</li>
<li>Spirit animal<br><span class="flag__red">cultural appropriation</span></li> <li>Spirit animal</li>
<li>Stupid <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
<li>Systematic</li> <li>Systematic</li>
<li>Systemic</li> <li>Systemic</li>
</ul> </ul>
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<section class="list"> <section class="list">
<h3>T-Z</h3> <h3>T-Z</h3>
<ul> <ul>
<li>-tard <span class="flag__red">ableist slur</span></li>
<li>Top-down approach</li> <li>Top-down approach</li>
<li>Totemic animal</li> <li>Totemic animal</li>
<li>Tawhid</li> <li>Tawhid</li>
<li>Tranny <span class="flag__red">anti-trans slur</span></li> <li>Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF)</li>
<li>Trans</li> <li>Trans</li>
<li class="subterm">femme</li>
<li class="subterm">gender</li> <li class="subterm">gender</li>
<li class="subterm">man</li> <li class="subterm">man</li>
<li class="subterm">masculine</li> <li class="subterm">masculine</li>
<li class="subterm">phobia</li> <li class="subterm">phobia</li>
<li class="subterm">woman</li> <li class="subterm">woman</li>
<li>Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF)</li>
<li>Tribe</li> <li>Tribe</li>
<li>Triggers</li> <li>Triggers</li>
<li>Two-spirited</li> <li>Two-spirited</li>
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<p class="word__type"> <p class="word__type">
Impact Impact
</p> </p>
<p class="word__breakdown">By using ableist language, we are perpetuating violence against people who experience mental or psychological disabilities. Using this language perpetuates those systems and language of harm, regardless of our intent.</p> <p class="word__breakdown">By using ableist language, we are perpetuating violence against people who experience mental or psychological disabilities. Using it perpetuates those systems and language of harm, regardless of our intent.</p>
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</section> </section>
<section class="block__word list"> <section class="block__word list">
<p class="word__signal word__signal__avoid"> <p class="word__signal word__signal__avoid">
Avoid avoid
</p> </p>
<p id="esl" class="word__title"> <p id="esl" class="word__title">
English as second language (ESL) English as second language (ESL)
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</p> </p>
<p class="word__breakdown"> <p class="word__breakdown">
<span class="word__alt"> <span class="word__alt">
English as learning-language (ELL), or non-native, or omit (because do you really know, for sure?) <a class="word__link" href="#">English as learning-language (ELL)</a>, or <a class="word__link" href="#">non-native</a>, or omit (because do you really know, for sure?)
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Further Reading Further Reading
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<ul class="word__breakdown"> <ul class="word__breakdown">
<li><a class="word__link" href="https://benchmarkeducation.com/best-practices-library/supporting-english-language-learners-in-reading-writing.html#section_2" rel="noreferrer">ELL Glossary by Benchmark Education</a></li> <li><a class="word__link" href="https://robindiangelo.com/publications/" rel="noreferrer">White Fragility</a>, Robin DiAngelo;</li>
<li><a class="word__link" href="https://www.theroot.com/tag/white-fragility" rel="noreferrer">White Fragility tag</a>, <em>The Root</em></a>.</li>
</ul> </ul>
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<section class="block__word list"> <section class="block__word list">
<p class="word__signal word__signal__tool"> <p class="word__signal word__signal__avoid">
Tool of Oppression avoid
</p> </p>
<p class="word__title" id="gaslighting">
gaslighting <p id="women-poc" class="word__title">
women and people of colour
<span class="word__speech"> <span class="word__speech">
noun noun
</span> </span>
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psychological manipulation tactic used to abuse by instilling doubt in the victim's own thoughts, observations, feelings by denying, misdirecting, and lying to them; originated from the <em>Gaslight</em> play (1933) and film (1944), where a man changes the lights in the house, while denying her observations of the changes. often used as a phrase to encompass "non-white, non-men," seeking to provide solidarity for these two groups
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<p class="word__breakdown">What happens to women of colour? Women of colour are conceptually split between their identies as both women and as people of colour.</p>
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<p class="word__breakdown">Gaslighting reinfoces systems of power, as gaslighting abusers will tend to be in systematically dominant positions where they are intrinsically believed over their victim (e.g., white person over person of colour, man over woman, abled person over disabled person, parent over child, manager over worker, etc). Gaslighting is an abusive and oppressive behaviour and tactic.<br><br>The abuser can become in control of the victim, who now no longer trusts their own perception. The victim can become codependent upon their abuser, and internalise .</p> <p class="word__breakdown">The term can elicit feelings of erasure for women of colour. It also neglects non-binary individuals.</p>
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<a class= "word__link" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201701/11-warning-signs-gaslighting">11 warnings signs of gaslighting</a>; Before determining which term to use, consider the purpose of identifying this aggregate group of people. If you mean "women" and are including "non-binary people" without taking actions to truly include them, then you should reconsider your usage.</span></p>
<a class="word__link" href="https://www.aconsciousrethink.com/6766/gaslighting-examples/">Gaslighting examples</a>. </div>
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minoritised genders; people of minoritised genders; people of colour and white women; people of colour, white non-binary people, and white women</a>; or omit</span></p>
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<p class="word__breakdown"> Minorities is not always accurate and is vague. As it deals with numbers, the term minorities can often be inaccurate, as is the case when speaking of communities of colour, who often outnumber white communities.<br><br> <p class="word__breakdown"> Minorities is not always accurate. As it deals with numbers, often the insinuation of racial minorities is inaccurate, as communities of colour often outnumber white communities.</p>
By referring to a group as 'minorities,' it can suggest the group hasn't taken initiative to show up, thereby blaming the oppressed for systemic issues that prevent their participation.
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<p class="word__breakdown">By repeatedly referring to groups as "minorities," they are being infantised to their numerical representation and made to feel minor. The vagueness also abstracts the identify of the marginalised group, making it difficult to address why they are minoritised to begin with.</p> <p class="word__breakdown">By repeatedly referring to groups as "minorities," they are being infantised and made to feel minor.</p>
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<p class="word__breakdown">OCD is commonly misused to highlight personality quirks or fussiness, usually involving a preference for order or cleanliness. Use of 'OCD' as a noun or adjective in this manner diminishes the actual condition, resulting in reductive and over-normalised perception of a someone with these specific mental or psychiatric disabilities.</p> <p class="word__breakdown">OCD is commonly misued to highlight personality quirks or fussiness, usually involving a preference for order or cleanliness. Use of 'OCD' as a noun or adgective in this manner diminishes the actual condition, resulting in reductive and over-normalised perception of a someone with these specific mental or psychiatric disabilities.</p>
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<p class="word__breakdown"> <p class="word__breakdown">By using ableist language, we are perpetuating violence against people who experience mental or psychological disabilities. Using it perpetuates those systems and language of harm, regardless of our intent.</p>
By conflating arbitrary quirks or behaviours with OCD, we are invalidating OCD as a medical condition and the people who experience it.
Generally by using medically appropriative language, we are invalidating the existences of people with OCD, minimising their experiences, perpetuating violence against people who experience mental or psychological disabilities. Using this language perpetuates those systems and language of harm, regardless of our intent.</p>
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when an individual or group of power/majority/privilege (e.g., white, male, abled, unqueer, etc) loudly profess(es) their actions in the name of 'allyship,' while actively conducting harm to, taking focus away from, and generally being unhelpful towards the group they claim to support, often to receive praise and attention, without taking critical action to dismantle the systems of harm.
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<p class="word__breakdown">Performative allyship detracts from the stories of the oppressed and the impact that oppression has on them in favour of the stories of the oppressors and their intent to help. The cost of performative allyship can also be that the stories of the oppressed people are appropriated, watered down, and inaccurately retold by people who should not be telling those stories.</p>
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<a class="word__link" href="https://www.theroot.com/is-this-your-queen-ellen-pompeo-growth-and-performati-1830593400">Is This Your Queen? Ellen Pompeo, Growth and Performative White Allyship</a>; <a class="word__link" href="https://www.scarymommy.com/performative-allyship-what-it-is-what-it-looks-like-and-why-we-want-to-avoid-it/">Performative allyship: what it is, what it looks like, and why we want to avoid it</a>.</span></p>
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