Linguist Discusses the Problematic Metaphor of ‘The Fight Against Cancer’

A recognizable image for Suzan Koenis, she was diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2011 when she was 22. “When people say to me that I have won the battle against cancer, I just think: what a bad thing to say. As if you are failing if you die from it. Then you haven’t fought enough … Continue reading Linguist Discusses the Problematic Metaphor of ‘The Fight Against Cancer’