Nicola Griffith

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

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Send me ‘lame’ links for new Tumblr blog

I’ve started a Tumblr blog, the Lame Wall of Shame, to showcase links from media outlets who use ‘lame’ as an insult….

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Posted on October 28, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I need your help

Three years ago I wrote a blog post called You’ve been warned, a combination rant, promise, and manifesto. A couple of weeks…

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Posted on August 15, 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

PW: ‘lame’ shouldn’t be an insult

This headline from Publishers Weekly is not acceptable: Using ‘lame’ as a derogatory term is, to me, as insulting as saying it’s…

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Posted on January 10, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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