Should editors be interrogating the language of illness? We chat with Louise Bolotin about challenging normative narratives around cancer and terminal illness.Listen to find out more aboutLouise Bolotin's cancer diagnosisWhy the language preferences of those with terminal illnesses aren't homogenousTerms in the language of illness that can hurt and harmWhy editors have a duty to challenge normative narratives that sugarcoat dying and deathHow asking how a person wants to talk about terminal illness is better than assumingNote: Louise Bolotin died in 2022. We're grateful for the time she gave us on this podcast.Join our Patreon communityOur patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!patreon.com/editingpodcastDenise and LouiseDenise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.comLouise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editingMusic credit‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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