From f2f821bfd512511506ea29c5bbe09b9361307915 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tatianamac Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 20:16:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=20=E2=9E=95=20Add=20misia,=20update=20fatphobi?= =?UTF-8?q?a?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- 11ty/definitions/-misia.md | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 11ty/definitions/fatphobia.md | 4 +++ 11ty/definitions/minoritised.md | 7 +++++- 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 11ty/definitions/-misia.md diff --git a/11ty/definitions/-misia.md b/11ty/definitions/-misia.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f017bfb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/11ty/definitions/-misia.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +--- +title: -misia +slug: -misia +speech: noun +defined: true +sub_terms: + - text: Fat + full_title: fatmisia + - text: Islam + full_title: fatmisia + - 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' + href: https://simmons.libguides.com/anti-oppression/anti-fatmisia +--- +--- +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). + +## 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. + +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. + +As such, it 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. + +## Preferable To + +-phobia \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/11ty/definitions/fatphobia.md b/11ty/definitions/fatphobia.md index b54e26be..5c41d135 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/fatphobia.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/fatphobia.md @@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ A history of being ignored and shamed prevents many fat people from visiting med Employers will pay fat employees less than their thin colleagues and offer them no protection from weight stigma in the workplace, as their fatphobic biases lead to their perception of fat employees as lazy, less intelligent, and unmotivated. Law enforcement officers are less likely to believe fat people reporting sexual assaults, as their fatphobic biases lead them to think of fat people as unattractive, not sexually active, or undesirable. + +## Note + +While fatphobia is a more widely known term, many prefer fatmisia, as [-misia] means hate or hatred of, which more accurately describes the prejudice and discrimination. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/11ty/definitions/minoritised.md b/11ty/definitions/minoritised.md index e4b7bfbc..d7f0142d 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/minoritised.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/minoritised.md @@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ reading: groups resulting from social constructs have grant less power or representation compared to other members or groups in society +## Preferable To + +[minorities](/definitions/minorities) + ## Benefits Minoritised places the emphasis on the power struggle, and on the systemic issues at play. It's also an adjective, which requires you to add "group" or "people" so it's people-first language ## Impact -It removes the pejorative nature of "minorities". +It removes the pejorative nature of "minorities", illuminating that this is an effect upon the individual or group, rather than the singular way to identify the group. +