The earth is melting. A pandemic continues to ravage society and vaccine preventable diseases are making a comeback. Fascism and nationalism is on the rise. War crimes are being committed everywhere. We’re in a new gilded age. Swear as much as you fucking want. It’s, honestly, very appropriate.
Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academicsSwearing has become more widely acceptable over the past two decades because it is increasingly used for other purposes than to insult people, linguistics experts have said.“Fuck” and “shit”, the two most commonly used swearwords in the UK, are frequently used to emphasise a point in conversation or to build social bonds, rather than with the specific intent to cause offence, according to academic researchers. Continue reading...
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studies the role of sex and hormones on stress- and fear-related behaviors and neural circuitry
Time for me to start posting here! Check out our Feature Review @ Trends in Neurosciences: "Epigenetic mechanisms underlying sex differences in the brain and behavior" Extremely proud of this piece - we did our best to make it as comprehensive & inclusive as possible! www.cell.com/trends/neuro...