Slurred Speech

About this Episode

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
The utterance and writing of gendered and racial or ethnic slurs has often evoked controversy. My philosopher colleague Lauren Ashwell has taken up slurs as a subject of scholarly inquiry. In this episode, we sit for a 90-minute conversation about such issues as what makes a slur a slur, whether slurs can be reclaimed by members of the target group, and why the study of slurs matters.

LINKS
--Lauren Ashwell's personal website
--"Gendered Slurs," by Lauren Ashwell (requies JSTOR access)
--"CNN's Brooke Baldwin Chastises Trump Critic For Using N-Word On The Air," by Oliver Gettell, Entertainment Weekly
--Myisha Cherry's interview with Luvell Anderson, about slurs, on The Unmute Podcast
--Luvell Anderson's Syracuse profile
--"Kreayshawn's White Girl Mob & The N-Word," by Brandon Soderberg, Spin
--"A History of Outrage Over the Word 'Pākehā'," by Branko Macetic, The Spinoff
--nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, by Randall Kennedy
--"SlutWalks Sweep The Nation," by Laura Stampler, HuffPost
--"An Open Letter from Black Women to SlutWalk Organizers," contributed by Susan Brison, HuffPost
--"Is The Word 'Queer' Offensive? Here's A Look At Its History In The LGBTQA+ Community," by Marissa Higgins, Bustle
--Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, by Kate Manne