Here's a free, simple, easy thing you can do to be more inclusive and accessible in your communication.

But my writer friends aren't going to like this one.

🔡 I think we should rethink spelling.

Here's why spelling is an inclusion issue, and what you can do about it. 👇 English spelling is flamboyantly, cantankerously, ebulliantly, bafflingly irregular.

English is chock full of silent letters, inconsistent patterns and words that look or sound the same.

We have 185 spellings for 44 sounds. (The European average is 50! spellingsociety.org/irregularities…)

Rest is radical. Rest is anti-capitalist. If we care about social justice, we should care DEEPLY about rest. Here's why 👇 I just got back from a month off work. 😎

No client work.

No calls.

No emails. (Okay - nearly no emails.)

I worked a little bit. But only when something super urgent came up.

The rest of the time, I did nothing. Like, actual nothing.

"What words can we use to be more inclusive?"

As an inclusive communication consultant, I get asked this all the time.

But it's the wrong question to ask. Here's why. ⬇️

shows.acast.com/jrnypodcast/ep… Ettie: “If someone asks us how to talk more inclusively about disability, my first answer would be: just actually consult with disabled people. That will give you your answer. Not everyone agrees! To take autism as an example. 1/4

Words matter... but they're still only words.

It's not inclusive if you just slap a new label on the same old power dynamics. That's wokewashing.

@teia_rogers & @lauren_b90 get into it on the @jrnypodcast.

Have a listen ⬇️ shows.acast.com/jrnypodcast/ep… I can't upload the .srt file so here are the captions:

"With anti-oppressive language, like, it's simultaneously absolutely transformative. Because language does absolutely shape how we experience reality. 1/3

We don't need 'thoughts and prayers' for the 10 people murdered in Buffalo.

We need to dismantle White supremacy.

Here.
Now.
Right now.

Let's start by learning the characteristics of White supremacy culture.

My favourite exploration is by @TemaOkun. It goes like this: @TemaOkun 1. Fear

White supremacy culture's number one strategy is to make us afraid.

All of its characteristics are driven by fear.

We fear not being good enough, not being enough, not being lovable.

I'm an inclusive communication consultant.

But I think inclusion is bullshit. 🧵 When we talk about inclusive content, we’re activating the idea of inclusion, or bringing people into spaces that have historically excluded or marginalised them.