I first encountered the term “men who have sex with men” in 2004 as a journalism student at a United Nations Development Programme conferen...
I first encountered the term “men who have sex with men” in 2004 as a journalism student at a United Nations Development Programme conference for mediapersons around the language of HIV and AIDS.
Also being used was the term “commercial sex workers”, which in recent years, has become simply, “sex workers. Emphasising the ‘’work’’ or labour component is a way for advocacy groups to push for labour rights of the community. In my work, I see how everyday language is being reimagined towards a better, more just world.
In recent news, The New York Times decided to start capitalising “Black” in a show of respect towards the community. While climate activist Greta Thunberg has been calling for Climate Change to be renamed to Climate Emergency. Everywhere, names are being changed, narratives reframed, historical wrongs reversed, marginalised groups are being empowered using language.
Animal rights are not one of them.
Nowhere in history, has such mass extermination of multiple species taken place with so much social sanction aided with one of our greatest allies, language. It would be foolish to limit this discussion to food alone. The abuse and mass killing of animals – which extends to all aspects of human existence from food, clothing, cosmetics, to entertainment in direct...
