Attention science: some people have only one name
For scholars, our name is like our brand. Consistency in how our names are represented by others is crucial to building a proper research...
Plantation Road at the centre of push to change London's street renaming policy
Renaming a street involves more than just coming up with a new name. It is an expensive process for those who want to have it changed,...
How We Pronounce Student Names, and Why it Matters
What do you do when you have to pronounce an unfamiliar name? Jennifer Gonzalez and Gerardo Ochoa tell us why it's better to be a...
Adaobi Adibe: Hi, What's Your Name?
Rather than changing her Igbo name for English audiences, Adaobi Adibe decided to learn more about her culture and heritage to gain an...
How ‘Karen’ went from a popular baby name to a stand-in for white entitlement
Learn how the name Karen came to be associated with white entitlement. https://theconversation.com/how-karen-went-from-a-popular-baby-nam...
Lawyers hope to erase racist and misogynistic nickname of mountain landmark
Place names offer a window into the politics of the day. They change because society changes. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lawy...
It’s ‘comma-la’: Insisting on mispronouncing Kamala Harris’s name is racist
A follow-up article to read on the issue of the deliberate mispronunciation of Kamala Harris's name, covered on this blog last month...
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
This poem says "don't be afraid of long names." https://www.gwarlingo.com/2012/the-sunday-poem-aimee-nezhukumatathil/
Changing Your Name
It's not only immigrants who change their names and they don't always do it to assimilate. Find out more in my interview with Jennifer...
Tucker Carlson's guest corrects his pronunciation of Kamala Harris
Here's a good example of someone with influence dismissing his mispronunciation of the name of a woman of colour in a thinly veiled...