Nicole Nelson
@nnelson.bsky.social
Writer, linguist, flutist, feminist. nicolenelsonwrites.com
Go, Gillian (and Jenny)! 🥳
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Go, Gillian (and Jenny)! 🥳
Adam Parkhomenko again. Different day, same soft misogyny.
June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Adam Parkhomenko again. Different day, same soft misogyny.
Lucky me; safe, for sure.
June 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Lucky me; safe, for sure.
Love the episode title. Outstanding content — with one gripe. The ageist banter at the beginning, reinforcing the sexist idea that women should be coy about their age rather than confident in their experience, was a bummer. Please interrogate rather than amplify ageism in the future.
April 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Love the episode title. Outstanding content — with one gripe. The ageist banter at the beginning, reinforcing the sexist idea that women should be coy about their age rather than confident in their experience, was a bummer. Please interrogate rather than amplify ageism in the future.
The writing direction of a culture can in fact impact how people map concepts like time and amount. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
Writing Direction Affects How People Map Space Onto Time
What determines which spatial axis people use to represent time? We investigate effects of writing direction. English, like Mandarin Chinese in mainland China, is written left to right and then top to...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The writing direction of a culture can in fact impact how people map concepts like time and amount. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
Another offender (although about Hegseth).
March 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Another offender (although about Hegseth).
This is such a great idea.
March 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is such a great idea.
💯 I have never understood why Dems haven't worked harder to internalize Lakoff's work. Harris did go with "Freedom" as a theme, but there wasn't time to drive home how her candidacy stood for freedom for all Americans. The Political Mind was published in 2008, but it reads today as prescient, alas.
March 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
💯 I have never understood why Dems haven't worked harder to internalize Lakoff's work. Harris did go with "Freedom" as a theme, but there wasn't time to drive home how her candidacy stood for freedom for all Americans. The Political Mind was published in 2008, but it reads today as prescient, alas.
Framelab is a great source of information about language and politics. (I have no connection to it other than subscribing.) The Framlab book club is reading Lakoff's The Political Mind right now -- members can submit Qs on chapters 5-7 before Friday for the next Zoom discussion. www.theframelab.org
FrameLab
A newsletter about language, politics and your brain. Gil Durán and Dr. George Lakoff
www.theframelab.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Framelab is a great source of information about language and politics. (I have no connection to it other than subscribing.) The Framlab book club is reading Lakoff's The Political Mind right now -- members can submit Qs on chapters 5-7 before Friday for the next Zoom discussion. www.theframelab.org
Yes. I share your pain.
March 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Yes. I share your pain.
Dems, lamentably, have been slow to intentionally frame and usually adopt GOP frames. George Lakoff (a progressive linguist and an expert on metaphors) has written books, including Don't Think of an Elephant about political framing. (Buttigieg reportedly has studied Lakoff's work and is a fan.)
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Dems, lamentably, have been slow to intentionally frame and usually adopt GOP frames. George Lakoff (a progressive linguist and an expert on metaphors) has written books, including Don't Think of an Elephant about political framing. (Buttigieg reportedly has studied Lakoff's work and is a fan.)
Frank Luntz, serving the interests of Big Oil, advised Republicans to use "climate change" instead of "global warming" because that phrasing makes the problem sound like "a more controllable and less emotional challenge." theamericanleader.org/timeline-eve...
The Luntz Memo: Controlling the Narrative - The American Leader
In a now infamous memo, strategist Frank Luntz advised Republicans to cast doubt on climate change by emphasizing emotions rather than facts.
theamericanleader.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Frank Luntz, serving the interests of Big Oil, advised Republicans to use "climate change" instead of "global warming" because that phrasing makes the problem sound like "a more controllable and less emotional challenge." theamericanleader.org/timeline-eve...
Thank you, Brianna! I appreciate your warm welcome — I’m beyond thrilled to join you!
March 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thank you, Brianna! I appreciate your warm welcome — I’m beyond thrilled to join you!
As terrifying as this is, it doesn't even stop there. Jessica Valenti's recent Substack post details legislative attempts to control medical providers' language "...ignoring scientific reality for whatever is most politically useful."
jessica.substack.com/p/south-caro...
jessica.substack.com/p/south-caro...
South Carolina Bill: Miscarriage Care Can’t Be Called ‘Abortion’—Even When It Is
HB 4130 is conservatives' latest attack on medical language and care
jessica.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
As terrifying as this is, it doesn't even stop there. Jessica Valenti's recent Substack post details legislative attempts to control medical providers' language "...ignoring scientific reality for whatever is most politically useful."
jessica.substack.com/p/south-caro...
jessica.substack.com/p/south-caro...
Thank you for the warm welcome Claire!
March 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Thank you for the warm welcome Claire!