Gibberish
The English language can often feel like gibberish. This portion of our site plays off that recurring feeling we’ve all had at one point or another—of complete and utter confusion at language and its many loopholes and rules. Through an anthology of essays written, edited and published by RMIT’s Masters of Writing and Publishing students in conjunction with Bowen Street Press, we hope to shed some light on the complex terrain of the English language and its extensive evolution. Whether focussed on editorial conventions and practice, or the growing movement towards inclusive language, Gibberish aims to guide you through such issues relevant to modern day writers and editors.
Puntuation
& grammar
Punctuation and grammar rule over the way we use language. Many people are ready to defend their usage of these rules to the death, so maybe the building blocks of every sentence we write deserve a little more consideration. These essays explore, examine and experiment with the parts of language we assume to know everything about.
Language
evolution
Language is constantly evolving. New words are invented and forgotten every day. The way we piece clauses and phrases together shifts with each passing decade. In order to handle language as it evolves in the future, it is important to understand where our language has already been. These essays explore, examine and experiment with the past, present and future of our language.
Culture &
Inclusivity
Language may be constantly evolving, but that does not mean it is free of the biases and hierarchies that our societies use to marginalise others. There is a vital and every increasing movement to fight back against these elemnts of our language and to make the way we write more inclusive. These essays explore, examine and experiment with how, as editors, we can esnure that our work lifts all others up with us, instead of precluding and alienating those different from ourselves.
