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S1:E8 The Influence of Young Women on Language: Like, Eff Off


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Young women, the experts in bubble lettering on poster board and the innovators of language.

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Word Slut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/teenage-girls-have-been-revolutionizing-language-16th-century-180956216/

https://esl.uchicago.edu/2021/10/27/who-leads-linguistic-change/#:~:text=William%20Labov%20has%20long%20researched,lead%2090%25%20of%20linguistic%20change.

https://www.thecut.com/2015/07/can-we-just-like-get-over-the-way-women-talk.html

https://esl.uchicago.edu/2021/10/27/who-leads-linguistic-change/#:~:text=William%20Labov%20has%20long%20researched,lead%2090%25%20of%20linguistic%20change.

https://lithub.com/the-unexpectedly-subversive-world-of-romance-novels/

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