Mastodon Feed: Post

Mastodon Feed

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

BarbChamberlain@toot.community ("BarbChamberlain 🚶🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️") wrote:

"The term “micromobility” only makes sense if we accept motor vehicles as the default. Yet so often, these vehicles are oversized for the purposes for which they’re used." -Sarah Risser in a really interesting piece that reminds me yet again how often implicit autocentrism *drives* language choices. (I know you see what I did there.) https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/06/12/opinion-why-we-should-stop-using-the-term-micromobility #WordsMatter #transportation #micromobility