Body literacy: the terms we’d rather use

Language sets the room. The category has a long history of choosing words that are loud, coy, or both at once. We’ve spent a while choosing differently.

What we say

• Piece. Singular, deliberate. Implies an object you’d consider.
• The line. A small, edited group — not a catalog.
• Quieter. An adverb we use a lot. It does the work most adjectives can’t.
• Body literacy. The idea that knowing yourself is a skill, not a confession.

What we don’t

We don’t use diminutives. We don’t write in winks. We don’t use the words the category trained you to expect — and that’s the part most readers tell us they noticed first.

This isn’t policing. It’s just choosing a register. The right one, we think, for the kind of evenings we’re designing for.