IGALA 9: The Best Graduate Paper Prize Winner tells us her experience.
Several months have passed since IGALA 9 and I have had time to reflect on the events and experiences that were packed into four days at...
Sexist Language – But Sexist against Whom?
Sexist language and the discussion revolving around it has interested me for a number of years now; it is also closely related to my own...
Language and gender in British comedy: some insights from Mock the Week
Television comedy panel shows are a staple of British television and a major part of the UK’s creative industry. The format usually...
Mademoiselle: crinoline and swings, promises and spring roses?
A few years ago a student of mine was complaining about a grade I had given him, and in the course of the conversation he referred to me...
The third issue of the IGALA BLOG is out!
I am delighted to announce that the 3rd issue of the IGALA Blog is out! Before I introduce the contributors and the topic of this issue,...
Intersectionality: what is it, and what can it be?
Intersectionality involves making a conceptual distinction between gender and/or sexuality and something else - social class, ethnicity,...
The “New” Intersectionality?
Intersectionality has been popular in sociolinguistics for several decades (Eckert 1989; and others). The notion of intersectionality...
Analysing Mumsnet Talk at the Intersection of Gender and Class
When I started my PhD, exploring the discursive construction of motherhood in the Mumsnet ‘talk’ discussion forum, my attention was...
‘Public voices, private voices: an investigation of the discourses of gender and age’
‘Beyond 40 there is silence’ (Twigg 2010: 485) I have recently completed my PhD thesis at the University of Birmingham, UK. It reports...
The second issue of the IGALA blog is out now!
Hello all, I am going to introduce the second issue of our IGALA BLOG! Please note that the call for posts is open now and it will be...
