Swear words that were once potent are losing their sting, a new study has revealed. Among Gen Z, racist, sexist, homophobic and ableist slurs are now ranked as the most offensive terms in the English ...
Bad Language, manifesto-cum-memoir from writer and editor So Mayer, dives deep into the archives – of their life, of colonial violence, of protest – to lay bare the politics of speech. What is a ‘bad ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Posts about pregnancy, menopause and infertility are being “silenced” by Meta, with adverts for items such as pregnancy pillows being blocked from the site without good reason, it has been claimed.