Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Words to use carefully, a PSA

Bitch. Cripple. Dyke.* Only some people can get away with using these words—and only sometimes, and in certain circumstances. The rules are…

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Posted on December 2, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Lame is so gay — a rant

Using lame as a derogatory term is as dangerous and ill-considered as using the term gay in the same context. I know. I’m both: I’m a dyke and I have MS. I walk with elbow crutches. I am, literally, lame.

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Posted on July 11, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

origins and insults

From: Sly An excerpt (from And Now We Are Going to Have a Party): “I imagined the officer nodding self-importantly and reporting…

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Posted on July 24, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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