“The Conscious Style Guide”: Transforming Language to Foster Equity and Understanding

Karen Yin’s The Conscious Style Guide has long been hoped for by writers and editors interested in intentional, compassionate language, myself included.

Yin coined the term conscious language in the early 2010s to describe a practice of being “more aware, mindful, and intentional about how we treat ourselves and others through language” (xv). She explored her ideas in, among other places, the Copyediting newsletter when I was editor-in-chief, and launched a resource site, ConsciousStyleGuide....