“Wypierdalać”
After the Polish Constitutional Court ruled that aborting severely malformed foetuses was unconstitutional, Polish women (with men) took to the streets. One, if not the most popular, of the slogans used in the protests is “Wypierdalać”. Here is my comment. Continue reading ““Wypierdalać””
Handbook of Language and Death
This post is a call for chapters for Handbook of Language and Death, a volume prepared for publication with Bloomsbury Linguistics, edited by Justyna Ziółkowska and myself.
Politicising depression
The British Psychological Society published a report on depression, Understanding Depression. As ever, I thought I’d look at how the report has been written and I am sorry to say that what I found troubled me. In a nutshell: I do wish the authors had taken much more care with how they write. This is because the report, in my view, is skewed, it hides things, it offers things despite claiming it doesn’t. Here is an account. Continue reading “Politicising depression”
Labels and zombies
It’s like clockwork. My Twitter timeline regularly contains references to what people who receive psychiatric treatment should be referred to. I think it’s time to write the ‘label post’ again. Continue reading “Labels and zombies”