Fresh call for Oxford dictionaries to change 'sexist' definitions

Open letter continues drive to remove ‘damaging everyday sexism’ in its entries, such as citing ‘bitch’ as a synonym for womanThe leaders of Women’s Aid and the Women’s Equality party are among the signatories to an open letter calling on Oxford University Press to change its dictionaries’ “sexist” definitions of the word “woman”.The letter points out that some Oxford Dictionaries’ definitions of the word include synonyms such as “bitch” and “maid”, and says that derogatory and sexist examples of usage include, “God, woman. Will you just listen?” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-03-03 16:48:26 UTC ]
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Friday Wake-Up Call: Trump's 2016 ad strategy reportedly impressed Facebook

Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: Chance the Rapper is also a... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kerridge's Fresh Start begins in December

Bloomsbury imprint Absolute Press is to publish an "inspring new approach to home cooking" by Tom Kerridge in December to tie in with a new BBC Two television series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac signs 'definitive' account of Skripal poisoning

Pan Macmillan is to publish the "definitive account" of the events that led to the poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tuesday's TV highlights: '10 Streets That Changed America' on KOCE and more

SERIES The 100 Discord among the factions threatens to spill over and spell very possible doom for all concerned in a new episode of the science fiction drama. With Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco and Henry Ian Cusick. 8 p.m. KTLA Outdaughtered Parents Danielle and Adam Busby have their hands full now... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dada appointed OUP's new Oxford Education m.d.

Oxford University Press (OUP) has appointed Fathima Dada, currently global m.d. for English and Schools at Pearson, as the new managing director of its Oxford Education division. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Solutions in India 2018: Rolling with the Changes And Chaos

Turning roadblocks into building blocks—that, and sheer determination—drives India’s digital solutions industry, where obstacles to achieving speedier, smarter, more secure, and seamless workflows to meet publishing demands are many and varied. Making challenges into solutions, embracing new... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tuesday Wake-Up Call: AT&T's ad-tech ambitions. Plus, CBD brands explode

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[ Advertising Age | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'You don’t need to be a superhero to change the world'

Author Angie Thomas on why she is "tired of talking about racism", but hopeful for the future. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller calls on trade to back business rates petition

The Bookseller is calling on readers, authors, agents, publishers and the general public to sign a petition urging the government to give bookshops the same business rate discount as pubs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tuesday Wake-Up Call: Tronc might drop its totally awkward name. Plus, a Cannes Lions update

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[ Advertising Age | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Local Radio to commission poems on 'change'

National Poetry Day and BBC Local Radio have commissioned 12 poems for each of the BBC regions in England to “celebrate the small changes that really matter to people”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Horatio Clare calls for magazines to stop ‘toy-tat’ giveaways

Children’s author Horatio Clare is calling for magazine publishers such as Egmont to stop giving away plastic toys, saying the amount of non-disposable plastic used in their giveaways amounts to 3,000 tonnes every year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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APPWG calls for evidence on authors' earnings

The All Party Parliamentary Writers Group has launched an inquiry into authors’ earnings. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Room of One's Own Bookstore Changes Hands

The Madison, Wisc.-based bookstore is changing hands. The bookstore's longtime co-owners announced yesterday that two current employees will become owner-managers of the 43-year-old business on July 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deadlines: Call for Papers in Germany, Translation Fund Applications in Scotland

Translation funding for international publishers interested in Scottish writings and a call for papers and presentations for the January Future!Publish conference in Germany are open and have deadlines in place this summer. The post Deadlines: Call for Papers in Germany, Translation Fund... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ambulances called out to Amazon warehouses 600 times

Ambulances were reportedly called out to Amazon’s UK warehouses more than 600 times in the last three years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Keyes criticises 'sexist' Wodehouse Prize

Bestselling author Marian Keyes has reportedly accused the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize of sexism after failing to make the shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon 2018: Wake-Up Call For America: President Bill Clinton And James Patterson

The former president and the world's most prolific thriller writer conjure a suspenseful—but, they say, entirely possible—scenario in the White House. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portobello signs 'blast of literary freshness' Maarouf

Portobello Books has signed Jokes for the Gunmen from Palestinian-Icelandic writer, poet, translator and journalist Mazen Maarouf. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber signs 'Call Me by Your Name' author

Faber has acquired two titles by André Aciman, the author of Call Me by Your Name, upon which the Academy Award-winning film of the same name was based. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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