Citations:-splain

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English citations of -splain

  • 2012 December 22, Bunnika, “For reblogging: No crip has to be nice to ableists”, in Cumulative notes for the Zōon Politikon[1], retrieved 2014-04-27:
    So please, don’t ablesplain to me. Especially when you have no idea about the context of what bigotry you’re trying to justify.
  • 2013 January 15, Dan O'Connor, “Dan Callahan Thinsplains Obesity”, in Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin[2], retrieved 2013-04-28:
    You see, thinsplains Callahan, because nothing else seems to be working, we must turn to making obese people feel bad about themselves in order to shed the pounds.
  • 2014 March 14, Katy Waldman, “Princeton Mom's One Saving Grace”, The XX Factor, in Slate[3]:
    The PM urges 29-year-old Princeton alum O’Connor to decide immediately whether she wants a husband and children, and it sounds a lot like momsplaining to O’Connor that she definitely wants a husband and children.
  • 2023 July 18, Mary McNamara, “Column: The studios thought they could handle a strike. They might end up sparking a revolution”, in Los Angeles Times[4]:
    If Iger thought his attempt to exec-splain the situation would make actors think twice about walking out, he was very much mistaken.