Category: Language

  By LyNae Golder    Why should you schedule an appointment at the writing center?     There are several reasons why writers may not think to schedule an appointment with the University Writing Center (UWC). Former consultant, Hannah Hallock, shares some of the reasons in her blog post, “The Misconceptions of the University Writing Center …

**Content warning: This article contains references to discrimination, stigmatization, microaggressions, and other forms of violence against people on the basis of race, disability, and other social statuses.** Words Matter: Why I Embrace Anti-Ableist Language: by Catkin O’Grady Ableist language–we see it, hear it, and sometimes even use it ourselves, often without realizing that we’re doing …

By: Hannah W. Our amazing consultant Hannah shares her experience with talking, writing, and the value of communicating. Anyone who really gets to know me knows that I am a long-winded person. I can talk for an extraordinarily long amount of time, with various tangents sprinkled in throughout the whole ordeal. When I feel strong …

By: Ethan M. Our fantastic consultant Ethan explains our on-going series, Difficult Conversations, and why exactly we should all learn to become more comfortable with being uncomfortable. If you’ve been checking up on the University Writing Center social media recently, you’ve undoubtedly seen the gorgeous flyers with quotes from April Baker-Bell’s book Linguistic Justice, urging you …

Written by: Emily S. Our amazing consultant Emily S. speaks on our new four-part video series: “Language Variation and the Writing Center!”, which is a short series that walks us through the value of all language, information about different dialects, and so much more! Language is hard. It’s a complex subject with many different layers, …

Written by: Finn M. For this drizzly Tuesday afternoon, our consultant Finn has written a piece about the validity of all types of writing, and how having a standard definition of “good writing” can impede creativity and cause insecurities in writers. “Let me make something clear: academically-good writing has nothing do with actual, meaningful, artistic, …

Written by: Jasmine Simpson Reading and writing are considered to be some of the greatest assets that any human being can have. In the black community we consider this to be one of the greatest forms of expression, from writing poetry about our hair and nails, to writing songs exposing the dangers of being a …

Written by: Catkin O. October 16, 2019 is International Pronouns Day, and the University Writing Center will be celebrating by giving out pronoun tags for people to wear across campus. You may be wondering why the world needs a day for pronouns. Here is the perspective of a non-binary person who works as one of …

Written by: Alexa Q. I’m going to admit something that seems counterintuitive for a Writing Center consultant: I don’t really like writing. Shocking, right? But it’s true. To me, writing is a chore. It’s similar to cooking: I like food, and cooking is a way for me to have food, but the process itself isn’t …