{"id":3169,"date":"2023-11-21T19:16:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2024-05-13T20:48:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:48:50","slug":"kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lgsa\/kristen-syrett-quoted-in-the-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Syrett Quoted in <em>The Independent<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Kristen Syrett shared her expertise on the linguistics of gendered speech in the workplace in an article on British news website <em>The Independent<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The article, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/de-niro-trial-sexism-gender-b2448702.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is it sexist to call a female employee a b****? That depends, says De Niro judge and jury<\/a>&#8221; was written by Bevan Hurley and published on Nov. 16. 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