It’s Time to Rethink the Word “Micro-Aggression.”

Yi Shun Lai
3 min readDec 7, 2021

The other day, I typed “Kenji Yoshino” into a Powerpoint presentation and then hit the “Design Ideas” button. Most times, this feature helps to make my words more visually appealing. Most times I can at least count on being amused by the images Microsoft AI throws up to go with my words:

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I was excited to see what Design Ideas would generate for the Yoshino quote, which was about…

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Yi Shun Lai

Author: A SUFFRAGISTS’S GUIDE TO THE ANTARCTIC (2024), Pin Ups (2020). Former columnist, The Writer. theGooddirt.org Psst: Say “yeeshun.” You can do it!