{"product_id":"bad-language","title":"Bad Language","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBad Language\u003c\/i\u003e, So Mayer blends memoir and manifesto as they explore the politics of speech, while looking at how language has been used - and abused - in their own life. What is the relationship between language and sexual violence? And how can we 'make ourselves up' in language when words themselves are encoded by a dominant culture that insists we see ourselves as powerless listeners rather than active speakers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the semantic traps of their multi-lingual childhood - and taking in texts from the Torah to Grimms' Fairytales, from protest bust cards to the works of Ursula K. Le Guin - Mayer asks who gets to speak, and who is forced into silence. \u003ci\u003eBad\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLanguage\u003c\/i\u003e calls out the harm that words can do, while searching for crafty ways through which we can collectively reclaim language for protest and pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 176 pages | Published November 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63969829618013,"sku":"9781913512798","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781913512798.jpg?v=1774370927","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/bad-language","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}