Mind Your Language
By Catherine Redfern | 8 January 2007, 23:32
Mind Your Language
‘Political Correctness gone mad’ is considered the ultimate insult whenever a feminist dares to speak up about language. Sarah Louisa Phythian-Adams isn’t scared off though: she argues that we need to question and challenge the words we use now more than ever.
Updated: 8 January 2007
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