Advent 18 Wintering Words

What words do you reserve for this time of year?
What words will you hang on your tree?
What is worth reading?
What is worth writing?

#WordsMakeWorlds

“And books, they offer one hope —
that a whole universe might open up
from between the covers, and
falling into that universe,
one is saved.”
―Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

Remembering Anne Rice who would’ve been 84 years old today. RIP.

#AnneRice #Books #BookReading #WordsMakeWorlds #BlackwoodFarm

Tales from the Woods

Important research on storytelling 'frames' of childhood abuse.
How do fictional tales promote compassion and understanding?
How far can they be misleading?
What are the challenges?

#LanguageMatters #WordsMakeWorlds #CSA #VAWC

Tales from the Woods

Tales of all cultures contain child protection messages.
These stories have impact on children because they offer a "Language" to explain the experience of Living with a Predator #LanguageMatters #WordsMakeWorlds

Follow @theflyingchild.bsky.social

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#NelSegretoDellaPoesia
#LanguageMatters
#WordsMakeWorlds

Rafeef Ziadeh - We Teach Life, Sir!
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How to spot people who are friendly on the surface but manipulative underneath | Clare Lavery A useful reflection if you work in any field Key skills for networking Key skills for survivors of abusive home or workplaces Probably the hardest part of a survival journey after deception is to l...

#LanguageMatters

How do you understand the word “friendly “?
How do you translate this understanding?

#culture and #Language are intertwined
But we can fall foul of this so easily

A Sunday Reflection on #WordsMakeWorlds

The complexity of #survival

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Across the sky’s edge

the sun drifts higher, burning

hot through morning haze.
#tinypoem #haiku #wordsmakeworlds #meadowwalker

Words make worlds
Songs capture those worlds
Making the moment
We invest them with our Life stories
A synergy of context & connection

#LanguageMatters #WordsMakeWorlds

"Poisoned words & politics weren't made for Angel's
ears"

Next to Me
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#LanguageMatters
#Words
#CreativeWriting
#WordsMakeWorlds
#Linguistics
#Quotations

Freezing day in Durham so it’s layers,tea & slaying careless whispers in bed with laptop
What are you writing today?

It’s the season ⁦
@womenwritersnet
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#WorldDayofSocialJustice
#WritingWrongs
#WordsMakeWorlds
#LanguageMatters
#CreativeWriting
#Writing #SocialJustice

BorgDiem Searching for New Words for the Dictionary by Disabled People Ciadish have long been fans of #BorgDiem. From the moment it was first introduced to social media, the number of people adding their experiences of life within a disabled society, in a non-normativ…

New on Ciadish.co.uk - #BorgDiem #Dictionary by #Disabled people seeks new #words for future edition (collaborative opportunity, not fee-based, for clarity) ciadish.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/b... #Langsky #Writing #WordsMakeWorlds

#LanguageMatters

Leading questions
Insinuating questions
Assumptions in questions

#WordsMakeWorlds
Those words should be neutral & free from victim mythology

#Linguistics #SocialJustice #Sociolinguistics #Victimology

We all have different ways of channelling our experiences

Words spoken
Words written
Words sung
Words painted
Words danced
Words created
Words unspoken

#WordsMakeWorlds
#Creativity #ArtisaPoliticalAct