Conscious Style Guide

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Editors and writers! Curious or serious about using #ConsciousStyle in an academic context? You are invited to join the virtual Academic Editing Book Club meeting on Sept. 20 to discuss or learn about my latest book, “The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers.” During the Q&A, presented by the Editorial Freelancers Association and Editors/Réviseurs Canada, host Kia Thompson and I will discuss the core concepts of conscious language and how you can apply them to your work. Russell Harper, the principal reviser of “The Chicago Manual of Style,” says: “With its emphasis on critical thinking and the fluid interplay between content and context,?‘The Conscious Style Guide’?will inspire writers and their editors to make choices that not only respect readers but, in the process, bring us all a little closer to the truth.” Hope to see you there! ? Free to register: https://lnkd.in/g29xwv5n ?? “The Conscious Style Guide” (Little, Brown Spark; 2024) is available from your favorite bookstore. #BookClub #BookDiscussion #ConsciousLanguage #LanguageMatters #DEI #EquityFTW ??

Editors and writers! Curious or serious about using #ConsciousStyle in an academic context? You are invited to join the virtual Academic Editing Book Club meeting on Sept. 20 to discuss or learn about my latest book, “The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers.” During the Q&A, presented by the Editorial Freelancers Association and Editors/Réviseurs Canada, host Kia Thompson and I will discuss the core concepts of conscious language and how you can apply them to your work. Russell Harper, the principal reviser of “The Chicago Manual of Style,” says: “With its emphasis on critical thinking and the fluid interplay between content and context,?‘The Conscious Style Guide’?will inspire writers and their editors to make choices that not only respect readers but, in the process, bring us all a little closer to the truth.” Hope to see you there! ? Free to register: https://lnkd.in/g29xwv5n ?? “The Conscious Style Guide” (Little, Brown Spark; 2024) is available from your favorite bookstore. #BookClub #BookDiscussion #ConsciousLanguage #LanguageMatters #DEI #EquityFTW ??

My heartfelt gratitude to all the wonderful readers who have taken the time to leave a review for The #ConsciousStyleGuide on Amazon and Goodreads. Your support means the world to me. Even though I love getting five stars, one of my favorite comments is from a four-star review. On GR, someone with nearly 1,000 reviews under their belt wrote: “Every single human could take something away from this book: It’s bigger than writing and has a foundation in human citizenship that I’ve never seen elsewhere.” So, yes, five stars are amazing, but beautiful sentiments like this also push me to continue my work in making conscious language inclusive and meaningful and relevant to everyone. Thanks to all reviewers for helping me promote freedom and fairness through #ConsciousLanguage. ???? To learn more about The Conscious Style Guide (US and UK editions), please visit my website: KarenYin.com/books. #ThankYou #BookLovers #InclusiveLanguage #Freedom #Equity #Diversity #ConsciousStyle

Wonderful news! The new Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) #StyleGuide will be unveiled during AAJA's national convention in Austin on August 8, 2024. The AAJA Style Guide, dedicated to the memory of Henry Fuhrmann, one of my Conscious Style Guide advisers, has its own website: https://lnkd.in/gn5HgGpG. According to the press release, "It’s not meant to be a dictionary or encyclopedia on all things Asian but an actionable and practical guide by AAPI journalists to add context and guidance to terms that are being used or that should be avoided in the news. For example, it reminds journalists that 'illegal' can be used to describe an action, but applying it to an immigrant is inaccurate and dehumanizes the person described. The term 'kamikaze drone' is an inaccurate and insensitive way to describe an exploding unmanned aircraft. And the 120,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals detained in the U.S. during WWII were 'incarcerated,' not 'interned.'" Thanks to the 50-plus AAPI journalists across the country who overhauled the old guide over the course of two years to create a living database. Press release: https://lnkd.in/gP5enMzU

Writer’s Digest has named my Editors of Color?database?as one of the top websites for writers for the second year in a row. Other websites in this category: U.S. Copyright Office, The Authors Guild, PEN America, and Writer Beware. Thank you, WD!

This one was SO good. If you have not yet read this book, read it now. It’s not only for editors and writers, it’s for anyone looking to be more mindful with what they say and how they say it. This is definitely a resource I will be using over and over! Conscious Style Guide #theconsciousstyleguide #consciouslanguage