All credit goes to the original posters of the monsters of which I'll be linking to their posts. Note that I'm simply starting at the front page at the time of this thread, these aren't listed in any form of order of CR or any type of ranking. I've also included some threads that are quandries for help building a particular encounter, I've designated them with the term 'Crafting' in the link so those are possibly incomplete or need to read the responses to get the full monster. Feel free to tag me if you add more so I can update the main post, if I missed your post, please also bring it to my attention so I can add it to the main post. I'm just grabbing links to the various monsters. This is out of my wheel house, so this is going to be pretty simple. We’ve got to own the words we use and what they mean.I'm loving seeing all the Action Oriented Monsters shared on the sub-lately, so I thought it'd be neat if we had a compiled resource for easy access. Keeping up with what other people say you “should” say is exhausting, disempowering and ultimately not helpful.

Let’s be prepared to learn and acknowledge when our words aid and abet oppression that we oppose. While folks is already a gender-neutral term, changing the spelling of the word signifies the inclusion of BIPOC, queer, and. “folks,” for which there does seem to consensus that the word isn’t itself any more gender-exclusive than the culture in which it’s used) let’s recognize when we have options and opportunities and practice. Folx is most used as a more inclusive version of the common term folks. Let’s reserve “right” and “wrong” thinking for language that is clearly, exclusively or primarily hateful, demeaning and dehumanizing.įor other language (ex. The point being, folx is a great example of something you may want to get “right.” And there’s no clear, one “right” meaning for it (as with BIPOC, and even “indigenous people.”) I’m all for speaking from a reasonably informed basis, so let’s keep learning about language. Even in this post, “ the origin of folx and why we should all use it.” This was news to me, and it’s not universally “confirmed” that folx was originated or intended, or is experienced as inclusive of POC. The reason we need “folx” in addition to the gender-neutral “folks” is to indicate inclusion of other marginalized groups including people of color (POCs) and trans people. In my initial response, I elided over an additional dimension of “folx” shared in that article:.

If I may ask: What are you deciding (for now)? But in the evolution of all these words (which share some elements, even as they also signify differences with each other), I have continued to use “cultural competency” to help folks bridge to the concept of DEI fluency that I anchor my work in. * “Cultural competency” has been critiqued and replaced with other frameworks (including cultural humility, equity literacy…) and I ultimately developed my concept of DEI fluency, which is a hybrid of definitions of cultural competency, cultural humility and equity literacy. After many conversations, in one of which I posed myself the question: could I communicate “blind spot” in other words just as clearly, without invoking able-ism? I’m piloting “invisible spot” now. * I took longer to digest the critique that “blind spot” is able-ist language. * I have consciously committed to not using “crazy” and other formerly mental health-describing words in contexts like: that meeting was crazy I typically still write “folks,” although now more consciously (not as in: to make a point, but as in: with an opportunity to reflect).Īssuredly, you will find folx and folks who have other opinions.Īnd this goes beyond your question, but in the realm of ever-evolving lexicon, and my discernment of what’s “right”/”wrong” versus how else I may say something in my ongoing growth: Myself, I’m adding folx to my vocab, but have not replaced “folks” (as wrong) with “folx” (as right). So, to be inclusive of the gender spectrum requires additional intention in our everyday systems, practices and language, and “folx” is (in my opinion) a high-usage, phonic opportunity. If you have these conditions or concerns, discuss this with you clinician here at Folx as well as your local medical provider. for folx sake here.) While folx is intended to be more gender inclusive, the argument doesn’t seem to be that folks is specifically or particularly gender-exclusive (like, for instance, “guys”), but that our dominant culture is. Estrogens may interact and create more problems in persons with severe liver, thyroid or gall bladder disease, high blood triglycerides, and migraine headaches with aura or neurovascular symptoms. I too discovered folx, recently! In my understanding, yes the x is indeed like that in Latinx.

A colleagues recently asked me about the word “folx,” and whether “folks” is now incorrect.

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