In an effort to hold ourselves accountable to building an anti-racist editorial voice and publication, DINGER MAGAZINE will not longer use any of the following terms:
PAWG (phat ass white girl)
BBC (big Black cock)
HLL (hunky Latino lifeguard)
PIIPII (the personally identifiable information of a Pacific Islands inhabitant)
TFPFJCMILAJJ (that fat Polish family just cut me in line at Jimmy John’s)
A (Asian)
Karen
Carin’
Sharin’ is Carin’
Sharon is Karen (two different people)
Kal-El (Superman’s Kryptonian name) (not for us to use)
Blacula (we will now be using the more formal Black Dracula)
Black Dracula (we’ve just been informed that there this no need to clarify if Dracula is or isn’t Black)
Dracula (well, now it feels weird to NOT mention that he’s Black) (we’re not trying to hide his heritage or his culture or anything) (we’ll just call him the N word) (omg Nosferatu jfc)
Indian (to refer to a Native American)
Native American (to refer to someone from the subcontinent of India)
Chinese (to refer to someone from Guatemala)
John Malkovich (to refer to white people generally) (except for John Malkovich, who obviously we will call Mr. Malkovich out of respect and deference) (by the way, Mr. Malkovich, we’re such huge fans)
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)