:writing Add excerpts for currently defined words (#262)

* Added excerpt for ok-hand

* Added excerpt for AsAm

* Added excerpt for East Asian

* Added excerpt for South Asian

* Added excerpt for SE Asian

* Added excerpt for bierasure

* Added excerpt for biromantic

* Added excerpt for bisexual

* Added excerpt for cisgender

* Added excerpt for crazy

* Add excerpt for dumb

* Add excerpt for derpy

* Add excerpt for digital blackface

* Add excerpt for dude

* Add excerpt for ESL

* Add excerpt for fatphobia

* Add excerpt for gaslighting

* Add excerpt for gender pronouns

* Add excerpt for Hispanic

* Add excerpt for hysterical

* Add excerpt for latino

* Add excerpt for latinx

* Add excerpt for mansplain

* Add excerpt for minorities

* Add excerpt for minoritised

* Add excerpt for neopronouns

* Add excerpt for non-binary

* Add excerpt for OCD

* Add excerpt for Oriental

* Add excerpt for ORM

* Add excerpt for pansexual

* Add excerpt for performative allyship

* Add excerpt for polyamory

* Add excerpt for pow-wow

* Add excerpt for preferred pronouns

* Add excerpt for pronouns

* Add excerpt for r-word

* Add excerpt for sane

* Add excerpt for sanity check

* Add excerpt for savage

* Add excerpt for spaz

* Add excerpt for suicide

* Add excerpt for tone deaf

* Add excerpt for transfeminine

* Add excerpt for URM

* Add excerpt for unreal

* Add excerpt for white feminism

* Add excerpt for white fragility

* Add excerpt for women and people of colour

* Add excerpt for transgender

* Fix spelling for "existence"

Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac <github@tatianamac.com>

* Fix wording for digital blackface excerpt

Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac <github@tatianamac.com>

* Add indicators for flag levels

Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac <github@tatianamac.com>

* Revert "Add indicators for flag levels"

This reverts commit a291d5fa668156970e2496710bd6c39a53819e1b, because the flag level is already indicated in the excerpt structure.

Co-authored-by: Oscar <ovlb@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac <github@tatianamac.com>
Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac <tatiana.t.mac@gmail.com>
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title: Asian-American title: Asian-American
slug: asian-american slug: asian-american
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: umbrella term for people of Asian descent (immigrant or natural born) who live in and/or are from the United States.
speech: noun speech: noun
skip_in_table_of_content: true skip_in_table_of_content: true
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slug: bierasure slug: bierasure
speech: noun speech: noun
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: the questioning or denial of the existence or legitimacy of bisexuality
reading: reading:
- text: Erasure of Bisexuality - text: Erasure of Bisexuality
href: https://www.glaad.org/bisexual/bierasure href: https://www.glaad.org/bisexual/bierasure

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slug: biromantic slug: biromantic
speech: adj speech: adj
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: of, relating to, or characterised by being romantically attracted to more than one gender.
reading: reading:
- text: Sorting Out Romantic vs Sexual Feelings - text: Sorting Out Romantic vs Sexual Feelings
href: http://teenhealthsource.com/blog/faq-sorting-out-romantic-vs-sexual-feelings/ href: http://teenhealthsource.com/blog/faq-sorting-out-romantic-vs-sexual-feelings/

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slug: bisexual slug: bisexual
speech: adj speech: adj
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: of, relating to, or characterised by being sexually attracted to more than one gender.
reading: reading:
- text: Am I Bisexual? - text: Am I Bisexual?
href: http://www.bisexualindex.org.uk/index.php/AmIBisexual href: http://www.bisexualindex.org.uk/index.php/AmIBisexual

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slug: cisgender slug: cisgender
speech: adj speech: adj
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: of, relating to, or characterised by being a gender that matches the gender they were assigned at birth
--- ---
of, relating to, or characterised by being a gender that matches the gender they were assigned at birth. of, relating to, or characterised by being a gender that matches the gender they were assigned at birth.

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text: 'Ableist language' text: 'Ableist language'
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: mentally deranged, insane; can be used in a derogatory manner for someone with mental or psychiatric disabilities
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- abundant - abundant

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text: 'Ableist Term' text: 'Ableist Term'
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: clumsy, foolish, unattractive, or otherwise unintelligent act or person.
speech: adjective speech: adjective
alt_words: alt_words:
- ridiculous - ridiculous

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title: digital Blackface title: digital Blackface
slug: digital-blackface slug: digital-blackface
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: a form of appropriation where non-Black individuals use memes and imagery featuring Black people and dark-skinned emojis
Speech: noun Speech: noun
reading: reading:
- text: We Need to Talk About Digital Blackface in Reaction GIFs - text: We Need to Talk About Digital Blackface in Reaction GIFs

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title: dude title: dude
slug: dude slug: dude
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: colloquially, a man; a discourse marker expressing masculine solidarity; an expression of astonishment when used alone
flag: flag:
level: avoid level: avoid
alt_words: alt_words:

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text: 'ableist language' text: 'ableist language'
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: non-verbal, non-speaking, silent, refraining from speaking or unable to speak; sometimes __mute__ which can also be ableist; colloquially used to mean unintelligent or senseless
speech: adjective speech: adjective
alt_words: alt_words:
- basic - basic

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title: East Asian title: East Asian
slug: east-asian slug: east-asian
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: umbrella term for people of East Asian descent; countries include China, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
speech: noun speech: noun
skip_in_table_of_content: true skip_in_table_of_content: true
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flag: flag:
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: the teaching of English to people who speak a different language and who live in a country where English is the main language spoken
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- English as learning-language (ELL) - English as learning-language (ELL)

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title: Fatphobia title: Fatphobia
slug: fatphobia slug: fatphobia
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: the fear, hatred, and stigmitasation of fat people.
speech: noun speech: noun
skip_in_table_of_content: true skip_in_table_of_content: true
flag: flag:

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title: Gaslighting title: Gaslighting
slug: gaslighting slug: gaslighting
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: psychological manipulation tactic used to abuse by instilling doubt in the victim's own thoughts, observations, feelings by denying, misdirecting, and lying to them; from the Gaslight play (1933) and film (1944)
speech: noun speech: noun
flag: flag:
level: tool level: tool

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title: Gender pronouns title: Gender pronouns
slug: gender-pronouns slug: gender-pronouns
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: often used to mean pronouns
--- ---
gender pronouns are often used to mean [pronouns](/definitions/pronouns). gender pronouns are often used to mean [pronouns](/definitions/pronouns).

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title: Hispanic title: Hispanic
slug: hispanic slug: hispanic
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: umbrella term for people of Spanish, or Spanish-speaking ancestry; considered a pan-ethnic term
reading: reading:
- text: "Remezcla: Hispanic vs. Latino vs. Latinx: A Brief History of How These Words Originated" - text: "Remezcla: Hispanic vs. Latino vs. Latinx: A Brief History of How These Words Originated"
href: https://remezcla.com/features/culture/latino-vs-hispanic-vs-latinx-how-these-words-originated/ href: https://remezcla.com/features/culture/latino-vs-hispanic-vs-latinx-how-these-words-originated/

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title: hysterical title: hysterical
slug: hysterical slug: hysterical
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: feeling or showing uncontrollable outburst of emotion; casually, very funny
speech: adjective speech: adjective
flag: flag:
level: avoid level: avoid

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title: Latin American/Latino/Latina title: Latin American/Latino/Latina
slug: latino slug: latino
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: umbrella term for people of Latin American ancestry; Latino (and Latina) are inherently gendered terms, see Latinx for gender neutral form; considered a pan-ethnic term
reading: reading:
- text: "Remezcla: Hispanic vs. Latino vs. Latinx: A Brief History of How These Words Originated" - text: "Remezcla: Hispanic vs. Latino vs. Latinx: A Brief History of How These Words Originated"
href: https://remezcla.com/features/culture/latino-vs-hispanic-vs-latinx-how-these-words-originated/ href: https://remezcla.com/features/culture/latino-vs-hispanic-vs-latinx-how-these-words-originated/

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title: Latinx title: Latinx
slug: latinx slug: latinx
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: increasingly popular alternative in the United States to the gendered Latino/Latina; considered a pan-ethnic term
reading: reading:
- text: "Remezcla: Hispanic vs. Latino vs. Latinx: A Brief History of How These Words Originated" - text: "Remezcla: Hispanic vs. Latino vs. Latinx: A Brief History of How These Words Originated"
href: https://remezcla.com/features/culture/latino-vs-hispanic-vs-latinx-how-these-words-originated/ href: https://remezcla.com/features/culture/latino-vs-hispanic-vs-latinx-how-these-words-originated/

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slug: mansplain slug: mansplain
speech: verb speech: verb
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: the act of explaining (usually by a man) something without asking consent to do so, often to someone who already knows and/or after someone else has already explained it (usually a woman or femme person)
reading: reading:
- text: "Rebecca Solnit's 'Men Explain Things to Me' (2008)" - text: "Rebecca Solnit's 'Men Explain Things to Me' (2008)"
href: https://www.guernicamag.com/rebecca-solnit-men-explain-things-to-me/ href: https://www.guernicamag.com/rebecca-solnit-men-explain-things-to-me/

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flag: flag:
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole; can be inaccurate and vague
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- minoritised - minoritised

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title: minoritised title: minoritised
slug: minoritised slug: minoritised
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: groups resulting from social constructs have been granted less power or representation compared to other members or groups in society; preferable as a term to minorities for its focus on power struggle
speech: adj speech: adj
flag: flag:
level: better-alternative level: better-alternative

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title: neopronouns title: neopronouns
slug: neopronouns slug: neopronouns
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: a set of words that go alongside traditional third-person pronouns (he/she/singular they) such as ze/zir, ze/hir, xe/xem, and plural they.
speech: noun speech: noun
reading: reading:
- text: "LGBTA Wiki: Neopronouns" - text: "LGBTA Wiki: Neopronouns"

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slug: non-binary slug: non-binary
speech: adj speech: adj
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: of, relating to, or characterised by being any gender that does not fit into the male-female gender binary; an umbrella term.
--- ---
of, relating to, or characterised by being any gender that does not fit into the male-female gender binary; an umbrella term. of, relating to, or characterised by being any gender that does not fit into the male-female gender binary; an umbrella term.

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level: avoid level: avoid
text: Medical Appropriation text: Medical Appropriation
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: a mental illness usually embodied by unwanted repeated thoughts (obsession) coupled with repeated behaviour, routine, or action (compulsion); often misused to highlight personality quirks or fussiness usually involved with cleaning
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- conscientious - conscientious

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text: 'Racist Symbol' text: 'Racist Symbol'
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: hand gesture where right thumb and right index finger form a circle; typically used for confirmation or as the number nine in American Sign Language, now appropriated as White Supremacist symbol
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- 👍 - 👍

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title: Oriental title: Oriental
slug: oriental slug: oriental
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: racist alternative to Asian/Asian-American; embodies Eastern culture as "strange, exotic, dirty, effeminate, weak" as explained in Edward Said's book Orientalism
flag: flag:
text: 'racist term' text: 'racist term'
level: avoid level: avoid

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title: overrepresented majority (ORM) title: overrepresented majority (ORM)
slug: overrepresented-majority slug: overrepresented-majority
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: group resulting from social constructs have grant less power or representation compared to other members or groups in society; acts as a contrast to underrepresented minority (URM)
speech: noun speech: noun
flag: flag:
level: better-alternative level: better-alternative

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slug: pansexual slug: pansexual
speech: adj speech: adj
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: someone who is sexually attracted to people regardless of their gender, or to people of any gender.
reading: reading:
- text: 'Pansexuality and Being Pansexual: Everything You Need to Know' - text: 'Pansexuality and Being Pansexual: Everything You Need to Know'
href: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-pansexuality href: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-pansexuality

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title: performative allyship title: performative allyship
slug: performative-allyship slug: performative-allyship
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: 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.
speech: noun speech: noun
flag: flag:
level: tool level: tool

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slug: polyamory slug: polyamory
speech: noun speech: noun
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: belief that romantic and/or sexual exclusivity is not necessary for a happy, committed relationship; an umbrella term for various types of relationships (coded as romantic or quasi-romantic, sexual or non-sexual) where all partners involved consent to ethical non-monogamy, such as polycules, throuples, group marriages, etc.
reading: reading:
- text: 'My definition of polyamory' - text: 'My definition of polyamory'
href: https://avris.it/blog/my-definition-of-polyamory href: https://avris.it/blog/my-definition-of-polyamory

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title: pow-wow title: pow-wow
slug: pow-wow slug: pow-wow
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: social gathering, ceremony, or celebrations held in different Native American communities that can be spiritually symbolic in nature, involve dancing and regalia, and involve months of planning with hundreds of people in attendance; colloquially is culturally appropriated and used to mean "to meet" (verb) or meeting, working session, or gathering (noun); from Narragansett word powwaw, meaning "spiritual leader"
speech: noun or verb speech: noun or verb
flag: flag:
level: avoid level: avoid

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text: 'avoid' text: 'avoid'
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: a word that substitutes for a noun, in particular, a person's name; may not necessarily align with their gender presentation or their gender identity; the addition of the word 'preferred' should be avoided as it implies a person's pronouns is a choice
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- pronoun - pronoun

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slug: pronouns slug: pronouns
speech: noun speech: noun
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: a word that substitutes for a noun, in particular, a person's name; a person's pronouns does not necessarily align with their gender presentation or their gender identity
reading: reading:
- text: "Merriam-Webster: Words We're Watching: Singular They" - text: "Merriam-Webster: Words We're Watching: Singular They"
href: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they href: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they

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title: R-word title: R-word
slug: r-word slug: r-word
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: previously used in a medical context as an umbrella term for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD); typically used in a modern context as a denigrating term for a person with an I/DD, or a derogatory term to compare someone without an I/DD to someone with an I/DD
speech: noun speech: noun
flag: flag:
level: avoid level: avoid

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text: 'Medical appropriation' text: 'Medical appropriation'
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: of sound mind, mentally healthy; the connotation that sanity ((being neurotypical or mentally well and abled) is good implies that insanity (being neurodivergent or mentally ill and disabled) is bad
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- logical - logical

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text: 'Ableist language' text: 'Ableist language'
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: a basic test to quickly evaluate whether a claim or the result of a calculation can possibly be true; when expressed literally, examines if the author of a test was sane when they wrote it; commonly used in software engineering to assess whether something is reasonable and sound or meets its goals/acceptance criteria.
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- basic function test - basic function test

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slug: savage slug: savage
speech: noun or adjective speech: noun or adjective
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: (adj) not domesticated, primative or civilised; wild, uncultivated; cold-blooded; colloquially used to mean ruthless or unconscionable. (noun) an undomesticated person, subhuman. historically used to by European settlers to dehumanize Indigenous peoples
flag: flag:
level: avoid level: avoid
text: racist slur text: racist slur

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title: South Asian title: South Asian
slug: south-asian slug: south-asian
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: umbrella term for people of South Asian descent; countries include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
speech: noun speech: noun
skip_in_table_of_content: true skip_in_table_of_content: true
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title: Southeast Asian title: Southeast Asian
slug: southeast-asian slug: southeast-asian
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: umbrella term for people of Southeast Asian descent; the two main subregions are Mainland Southeast Asia and Maritime Southeast Asia
speech: noun speech: noun
skip_in_table_of_content: true skip_in_table_of_content: true
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text: 'Ableist Slur' text: 'Ableist Slur'
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: irrationally nervous person; hyperactive; a shortened version of "spastic", an alteration in muscle tone affected by the medical condition spasticity, which is seen in spastic diplegia and many other forms of cerebral palsy.
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- hyper - hyper

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title: suicide title: suicide
slug: suicide slug: suicide
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: the deliberate act of voluntarily ending one's own life. Motivation for suicide can be the result of conscious or unconscious thoughts and feelings.
speech: noun speech: noun
flag: flag:
level: warning level: warning

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text: 'Medical appropriation' text: 'Medical appropriation'
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: amusia, a neurological disorder that can be congenital (from birth) or acquired (due to comorbidity or injury) that results in the inability to differentiate speech, loss of ability to sing or produce pitch, or other disassociations with music (like rhythm); colloquially, when something is insensitive or poorly thought through.
speech: adjective speech: adjective
alt_words: alt_words:
- badly drawn - badly drawn

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slug: transfeminine slug: transfeminine
speech: adj speech: adj
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: describes a [transgender](/definitions/transgender) person for whom femininity forms part of their gender.
--- ---
describes a [transgender](/definitions/transgender) person for whom femininity forms part of their gender. describes a [transgender](/definitions/transgender) person for whom femininity forms part of their gender.

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slug: transgender slug: transgender
speech: adj speech: adj
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: of, relating to, or characterised by a gender that does not match the gender they were assigned at birth.
--- ---
of, relating to, or characterised by a gender that does not match the gender they were assigned at birth. of, relating to, or characterised by a gender that does not match the gender they were assigned at birth.

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title: underrepresented minority (URM) title: underrepresented minority (URM)
slug: underrepresented-minority slug: underrepresented-minority
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: group whose representation is disproportionately less than their proportion in the general population; often racial or ethnic minority is implied, but can be used to represent any identifier, such as LGBTQIA+, disabled, gender, etc. often abbreviated as URM
speech: noun speech: noun
flag: flag:
level: avoid level: avoid

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title: unreal title: unreal
slug: unreal slug: unreal
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: very impressive; amazing; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.
speech: adj speech: adj
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title: white feminism title: white feminism
slug: white-feminism slug: white-feminism
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: a form of "feminism" that prioritises the issues of and denies the privileges of abled, white, [cisgender](/definitions/cisgender), hetero Western/Anglo women, while ignoring to outwardly denying the issues of disabled, Black/brown, trans, queer women; actively denies intersectional forms of oppression including but not limited to racism, sexism, transmisia, Islamomisia, queermisia.
flag: flag:
level: tool level: tool
text: white supremacy tool text: white supremacy tool

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title: White fragility title: White fragility
slug: white-fragility slug: white-fragility
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: the tendency for dominant white culture to respond to racism with defensive, dismissive, and angry responses; “a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves.” (Robin DiAngelo).
speech: noun speech: noun
flag: flag:
level: tool level: tool

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flag: flag:
level: avoid level: avoid
defined: true defined: true
excerpt: often used as a phrase to encompass “non-white, non-men,” seeking to provide solidarity for these two groups; erases women of colour, non-binary individuals
speech: noun speech: noun
alt_words: alt_words:
- people of colour and white women - people of colour and white women