Let's Talk about Lex(icon)

In this episode, your hosts Taylor Giordano and Danielle Ledden explore the words mother and father, and all of their diminutives. They start with the origins of the words, moving to consequences of gendered stereotypes of mothering and fathering on trans and non-binary parents, and finally learning a little bit about what a “mommy” really means to the Gen Z user base. Ultimately, this investigation concludes that regardless of parental status or gender, Jack Black is a dad to the general public, but a DILF and Mother in our hearts.
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In this episode, Victoria and Theresa talk about an exciting adaptation of the 17th-century Spanish play The Force of Habit that was produced at McMaster this year. And it's not old-fashioned at all: the play has lots to say about language, sex, and gender!

In this episode, Claire, Megan and Raymond explore their shared experience of Catholic school, and how school combined with their various cultural backgrounds shape their identities.

In this episode, Mark shares some anecdotes from his time in the police force, where he saw first-hand some of the ways that Canadian law enforcement treated queer people.

In this episode, Katelyn, Rosetta and Shashank talk about who gets called dude, who gets called bro, and what's unique about skater culture.

In Episode 2, Marjan and Hamed talk about some of the gender stereotypes, both implicit and explicit, that are embedded in the grammar and lexicon of Persian, and how Persian speakers might change the language to make it more fair.

In Episode 1 of our 2023 season, Marina and Liv talk about how we label our relationships and our person or persons, and what happens when we talk about sluts.