Press
Written Press
March 2024 The Guardian
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The anti-immigrant slur US border patrol tried to ban: 'It reflects sanctioned violence'
November 2023 Harper's Bazaar
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October 2023 Harper's Bazaar India
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How Therapy-speak Became the Love Language of the Modern Workplace
April 2023 KJZZ The Show
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How 'woke' morphed from a whisper in minority community to a right-wing yell
March 2023 CNN
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How 'ma'am' went from being a respectful word for some - but polarizing for others
October 2022 National Geographic
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Where does the love and hate for Christopher Columbus come from?
September 2022 Business Insider
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July 2022 Atlanta Black Star
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April 2021 University of Michigan College of Literature, Sciences, and The Arts
June 2020 The Economist Johnson Column
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Language is a telling clue to unacknowledged racial attitudes
Spoken Press
August 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction
The Power of Language: How Words Shape Culture
July 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction
The Kamala Equation: Quantum Physics & The Cultural Accretion of Language about Her
June 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction
Hypergamy vs Hypogamy: Dating, gender, and the solar maximum
March 2024 Because Language
Episode 94: Mailbag of Sextillion and Three (with Kelly Wright)
March 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction
The Language of Women, Part III: Language, Its Usage, and Its Evolution
January 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction
The Language of Women, Part II: the rules of the space
December 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction
Folk Etymologies & the Habit of Language
October 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction
The Language of Women: Language, gender, and the origins of how we talk about women
August 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction
Education, Language, and Cultural Enslavement: How the loss of history and language shapes a culture
June 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction
Linguistic Imperialism: The colonization of and by language
November 2022 Because Langauge podcast Episode 64: Struggle Pile (with Kelly Wright)
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October 2022 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction podcast Race and Colloquialisms with special guest Raciolinguist Kelly Wright
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February 2022 Global News
Word "freedom" becomes rally cry co-opted by far right, experts say
February 2022 Global News
'Deltacron' danger: Name of presumed hybrid fuels panic, experts say
December 2021 Know What You See with Brian Lowery Who do you think you're talking to?
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