All Stories

  1. What Words Like "Mansplaining" and "Girlboss" Reveal About Language, Gender, and Society

    Article • August 2026, Cambridge University Press

    Maria Szymańska

  2. Why people create new words on social media

    Article • Language and Dialogue, September 2025, John Benjamins

    Maria Szymańska

  3. How the Word “Mansplaining” Became Part of Everyday English

    Article • Research in Language, February 2023, Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)

    Maria Szymańska

  4. Drag Queens, Language, and Activism: How Performance Shapes Identity and Sparks Change

    Article • Research in Language, March 2020, Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)

    Maria Szymańska