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<h1 class="title__thicc">Self-Defined</h1>
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<span class="subtitle">A modern dictionary about us. We define our words, but they don't define us.</span><br>For now, this stands as a list only, from which you can self-educate.
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Future phases will include definitions and resources.<br><br>
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<span class="subtitle">Participate</span><br>
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Send unlisted words to or chat about volunteering to help: <a href="https://twitter.com/tatianatmac" target="_blank">@tatianatmac on Twitter</a>.</p>
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<h3>A-E</h3>
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<li>Ablelism</li>
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<li>American</li>
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<li class="subterm">African</li>
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<li class="subterm">Asian</li>
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<li class="subterm">Black</li>
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<li class="subterm">Indigenous</li>
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<li>Ambulatory Wheelchair</li>
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<li>Ancestors</li>
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<li>Anti-blackness</li>
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<li>Anxiety disorders</li>
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<li>aromantic</li>
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<li class="subterm">Asian</li>
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<li class="subterm">East</li>
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<li class="subterm">South</li>
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<li class="subterm">Southeast</li>
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<li>asexual</li>
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<li>Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)</li>
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<li>assigned at birth</li>
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<li>Attraction</li>
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<li class="subterm">Aesthetic</li>
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<li class="subterm">Platonic</li>
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<li class="subterm">Sexual</li>
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<li>Autism spectrum</li>
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<li>Bias</li>
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<li>bierasure</li>
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<li>bipolar</li>
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<li>Bisexual</li>
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<li>Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME)</li>
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<li>Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC)</li>
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<li>Black</li>
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<li class="subterm">men (BM)</li>
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<li class="subterm">people (BP)</li>
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<li class="subterm">women (BW)</li>
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<li>Brown</li>
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<li>Bropropriating</li>
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<li>Burka</li>
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<li>cisgender</li>
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<li>Climate change</li>
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<li>Colonial narrative</li>
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<li>Colonialism</li>
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<li>colorism</li>
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<li>Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)</li>
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<li>cultural appropriation</li>
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<li>Demi</li>
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<li class="subterm">-boy</li>
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<li class="subterm">-girl</li>
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<li class="subterm">-romantic</li>
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<li class="subterm">-sexual</li>
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<li>Disability</li>
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<li>disabled</li>
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<li>discordant couples</li>
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<li>Discrimination</li>
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<li>Dominant culture</li>
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<li>Dominant culture habits</li>
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<li>Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS)</li>
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<li>Egalitarian</li>
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<li>Empathy</li>
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<li>enby</li>
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<li><a href="#esl" class="word__link">English as a Second Language (ESL)</a></li>
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<li>Entitlement</li>
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<li>Equality</li>
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<li>Equity</li>
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<li>Fem</li>
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<li>Femme</li>
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<li>Ethnicity</li>
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<section class="list">
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<h3>F-L</h3>
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<li>Gender</li>
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<li class="subterm">Cis</li>
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<li class="subterm">-Fluid</li>
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<li class="subterm">Trans</li>
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<li class="subterm">Queer</li>
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<li>Gender confirmation surgery (GCS)</li>
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<li>genderqueer</li>
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<li>Genocide</li>
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<li>Governmentality</li>
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<li>gray ace</li>
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<li>Gray asexuality</li>
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<li>hegemonic</li>
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<li>Hermaphrodite</li>
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<li class="subterm">pseudo, male and female</li>
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<li>High-Functioning</li>
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<li>Hijab</li>
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<li>Hispanic</li>
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<li>Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)</li>
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<li>Homophobia</li>
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<li>hormone Replacement therapy (HRT)</li>
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<li>Illness</li>
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<li class="subterm">Chronic</li>
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<li>Immigrant</li>
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<li>Impact</li>
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<li>Implicit bias</li>
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<li>Indigenous</li>
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<li>Inherent</li>
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<li>Intent</li>
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<li>internalized oppression</li>
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<li>Intersectionality</li>
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<li>intersex</li>
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<li>invisible disabilities</li>
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<li>Jihad</li>
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<li>Latinx</li>
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</section>
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<section class="list">
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<h3>M-S</h3>
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<li>Marginalized</li>
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<li>Matriarchy</li>
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<li>Medication sensitive</li>
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<li>Militarization</li>
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<li><a class="word__link" href=#minorities>Minorities</a></li>
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<li><a class="word__link" href="#minoritised">Minoritised</a></li>
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<li>Misogynoir</li>
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<li>Neurodivergent</li>
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<li>Neurotypical</li>
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<li>non binary</li>
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<li>-Normative</li>
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<li class="subterm">cis</li>
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<li class="subterm">hetero</li>
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<li>Oppression</li>
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<li class="subterm">Internalized</li>
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<li>Other specified feeding or eating disorders (OSFED)</li>
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<li>Panic attacks</li>
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<li>Pansexual</li>
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<li>-passing</li>
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<li class="subterm">female-</li>
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<li class="subterm">male-</li>
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<li class="subterm">white-</li>
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<li>Parachuting</li>
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<li>Patriarchy</li>
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<li>Performative allyship</li>
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<li>People of Color (PoC)</li>
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<li>People with disabilities</li>
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<li>-phile</li>
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<li class="subterm">andro</li>
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<li class="subterm">gyne</li>
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<li>Platonic</li>
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<li class="subterm">Queer</li>
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<li>Polyamory</li>
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<li>Positivism</li>
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<li>Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder</li>
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<li>power</li>
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<li>Poz</li>
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<li>Prejudice</li>
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<li>Pride</li>
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<li>Pride, First (Anti-Police Riots)</li>
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<li>Prophylaxis</li>
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<li class="subterm">Pre-exposure (PreEP)</li>
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<li class="subterm">Post-exposure (PEP)</li>
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<li>Privilege</li>
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<li class="subterm">Cis</li>
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<li class="subterm">Monosexual</li>
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<li class="subterm">White</li>
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<li>Race</li>
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<li class="subterm">Racial</li>
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<li class="subterm">Contract</li>
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<li class="subterm">Formation</li>
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<li class="subterm">State</li>
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<li class="subterm">Raciology</li>
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<li>Racism</li>
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<li>Racist</li>
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<li>Savior</li>
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<li class="subterm">White</li>
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<li>Semitic</li>
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<li>Serodiscordant</li>
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<li>settler</li>
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<li class="subterm">colonial mentality</li>
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<li>Sexual</li>
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<li class="subterm"> assault of a minor</li>
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<li class="subterm"> orientation</li>
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<li>Socially constructed</li>
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<li>Solidarity</li>
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<li>-Splaining</li>
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<li class="subterm">cis</li>
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<li class="subterm">man</li>
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<li class="subterm">white</li>
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<li>Spirit animal</li>
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<li>Systematic</li>
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<li>Systemic</li>
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<h3>T-Z</h3>
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<li>Top-down approach</li>
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<li>Totemic animal</li>
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<li>Tawhid</li>
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<li>Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF)</li>
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<li>Trans</li>
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<li class="subterm">gender</li>
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<li class="subterm">man</li>
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<li class="subterm">masculine</li>
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<li class="subterm">phobia</li>
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<li class="subterm">woman</li>
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<li>Tribe</li>
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<li>Triggers</li>
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<li>Two-spirited</li>
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<li>Undetectable=Untransmittable (U=U)</li>
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<li>Undetectable</li>
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<li>Unqueer</li>
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<li>Indigenous</li>
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<li>Vertigo</li>
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<li class="subterm">Visual</li>
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<li>Vestibular migraine</li>
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<li>Violence against women and girls (VAWG)</li>
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<li>Viral Load</li>
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<li>White</li>
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<li class="subterm">feminism</li>
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<li class="subterm"> fragility</li>
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<li class="subterm">-ness</li>
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<li class="subterm"> supremacy</li>
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<li class="subterm"> woman tears</li>
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<li class="subterm"> people (WP)</li>
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<li class="subterm"> women (WW)</li>
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<li>White supremacist capitalist patriarchy</li>
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<li>womanism</li>
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<li><a class="word__link" href="#women-poc">Women and people of colour</a></li>
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avoid
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<p class="word__title" id="minorities">
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minorities
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noun
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<p class="word__definition">
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the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole
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Issues
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<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>
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Impact
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<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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Alt Words
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<p class="word__breakdown">
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<span class="word__alt">
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<a class="word__link" href="#minoritised">minoritised</a>, or omit
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Better Alternate
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<p id="minoritised" class="word__title">
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minoritised
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adj
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groups resulting from social constructs have grant less power or representation compared to other members or groups in society
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Benefits
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<p class="word__breakdown"> 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</p>
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Impact
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<p class="word__breakdown">It removes the pejorative nature of "minorities".</p>
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Alt Words
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<p class="word__breakdown">
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<span class="word__alt">
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<a class="word__link" href="#minorities">minorities</a>, or omit
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avoid
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<p id="esl" class="word__title">
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English as second language (ESL)
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noun
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the teaching of English to people who speak a different language and who live in a country where English is the main language spoken
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Issues
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<p class="word__breakdown"> Monolinguist, English-only speakers often refer to people who don't speak English natively as "ESL" or say they are learning a "second language". More often than not, this is not true, as many people are multi-lingual with 3 or more languages</p>
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Impact
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<p class="word__breakdown">It makes false assumptions about English learners, centres English as the "default" or "expected" first language, ignoring that many people learn multiple (>3), non-English languages first.</p>
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Alt Words
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<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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avoid
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<p id="women-poc" class="word__title">
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women and people of colour
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often used as a phrase to encompass "non-white, non-men," seeking to provide solidarity for these two groups
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Issues
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<p class="word__breakdown">What happens to women of colour? As a woman of colour, I am split between both women and people of colour.</p>
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Impact
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<p class="word__breakdown">As such, it elicits feelings of erasure for women of colour. It also neglects non-binary individuals.</p>
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Alt Words
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<p class="word__breakdown">
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<span class="word__alt">
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<a class="word__link" href="#">people of colour and white women </a> or <a class="word__link" href="#">people of colour, white non-binary people, and white women</a>, find ways to reframe why this dynamic exists, or omit</span></p>
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