From 42da3bc7a6c87849af2b9f2dfbea7f26075c8061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tatianamac Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 18:29:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=20=E2=9C=8F=EF=B8=8F=20Applied=20PR=20revision?= =?UTF-8?q?s?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- 11ty/definitions/-misia.md | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/-misia.md b/11ty/definitions/-misia.md index f017bfb3..4ab84e84 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/-misia.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/-misia.md @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ sub_terms: - text: Fat full_title: fatmisia - text: Islam - full_title: fatmisia + full_title: Islamomisia - text: Trans full_title: transmisia reading: - text: Beatley Library Anti-Oppression Guide href: https://simmons.libguides.com/anti-oppression#s-lib-ctab-10174165-1 - - text: 'Anti-Oppression: Anti-Fatmisia' + - text: `Anti-Oppression: Anti-Fatmisia` href: https://simmons.libguides.com/anti-oppression/anti-fatmisia --- --- @@ -21,23 +21,23 @@ from Greek for hate or hatred ## Use --Misia can be appended to minoritised identifiers that are targeted for hate, such as to fat (fatmisia), trans (transmisia), or Islam (Islamomisia). +-Misia can be appended to minoritised identifiers that are targeted for hate, such as fat (fatmisia), trans (transmisia), or Islam (Islamomisia). ## Issues -Phobia is Greek for 'fear of'. -When used as a suffix in the context of Islamophobia, transphobia, or fatphobia, it is translated to mean that the group has a fear of individuals and communities who identify in those ways. However, the implication and subtext typically is that there is prejudice and discrimination against those groups. It falsely masks hate as fear. +When used as a suffix in the context of Islamophobia, transphobia, or fatphobia, it is implied that the individual or group has a _fear_ of individuals and communities who identify in those ways. Rather than a direct translation, however, the implication and subtext of these terms is one of prejudice and discrimination. Using the term phobia falsely masks hate as fear. -Additionally, phobias are one real component of anxiety disorders and mental illness, so conflating prejudice and discrimination (things that can be helped) with anxiety disorders (things that cannot necessarily be helped) additionally harms people who experience phobias from their anxiety disorders. +Additionally, people with anxiety disorders and mental illness can also experience phobias, so conflating prejudice and discrimination (attitudes and behaviours that can be changed) with medical conditions that cannot be changed additionally harms people who experience phobias from their anxiety disorders. -As such, it removes the responsibility from those who exhibit prejudice and discrimination as it implies it is outside of their control. +As such, using the term phobia removes the responsibility from those who exhibit prejudice and discrimination as it implies it is outside of their control. ## Impact Hateful actions of prejudice and discrimination are unfairly conflated with mental illness. It can create a false parallel where one could imply that actual phobias are something that can be controlled, which harms people who experience actual phobias. -Meanwhile, people exhibiting prejudice and discrimination are given excuses for their bigoted behaviour and not held accountable. +Meanwhile, people exhibiting prejudice and discrimination are given excuses for their bigoted behaviour and not held accountable for their actions. ## Preferable To