That Time Euphemisms Got Too Woke For the Media
The GOP is defunding libraries, censoring history and science, and banning words and books, but media men are flipping out about the occasional awkwardness of inclusive language.
Allison Hantschel
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Allison Hantschel publishes the 13-year-old journalism and politics blog First Draft and is the author and editor of five books, including IT DOESN'T END WITH US, the story of the groundbreaking college newspaper The Daily Cardinal. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and many other publications. Follow her on Twitter: @Athenae
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