> Subscribe to my private email list to read articles that were too sensitive to share online. In an article discussing the nuance of language, and leveraging

> Subscribe to my private email list to read articles that were too sensitive to share online. In an article discussing the nuance of language, and leveraging power imbalances for fun and profit, that's a nice way to sign off. Anyway, my first proper introduction to really deeply considered word selection was during the 90's BBS era when someone organising a social event -- that was necessarily targeted at a bunch of (probably) socially inept people, myself included -- explained to me that they avoided any conventional phrasing like 'come and join us' as it instantly implied there's an 'us' that they weren't already a part of. Such a small observation at the time, but had a big impact.