Here is where i collect plain language translations, and my own shorthand notes/paraphrasing of texts on topics of critical theory, identity politics, social sciences, theoretical frameworks, etc. for your reading. 

Simulara and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard
The Queer Art of Failure
The Epistomology of the Closet
The Second Sex

https://iep.utm.edu/indeterm/
 

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/dv/ 
www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2023/07/translating-to-plain-language-an-important-part-of-disability-equity.html




Ephemeral - lasting a very short time

Temporal - relating to time or relating to worldly matters instead of spiritual(synonymous with secular in some contexts)

Subvert - undermine, destabilize or overthrow

Disapprobation - strong disapproval typically on moral grounds

Epistemology - investigation of what separates a belief from an opinion

Linguistic - relating to language

Dossier - collection of documents about a certain subject

Individualism - the practice of favoring needs/interests of an individuals over collective or state control 

Tragedy of the Commons - a situation where individuals, with access to a public resource(the common), act in their own interest and by doing so, deplete the resource. In my personal opinion, this could be the result of individualism. 

Collectivism - the practice of prioritizing needs/interests of a group over  each individual

Direct barter - two or more parties directly trading goods and services without using money

Coded - expressed in an indirect way (not explicitly)

Pluriform - having many forms

Diaspora - The dispersion of any people from their original homeland. Commonly used to describe Jewish people outside Israel.

Heretical - Holding an opinion different from what is generally accepted

Complicit - Involved with others in wrongdoing or illegal activity

Heterogeneous - not comparable. In chemistry, different states of matter. In mathematics they are incomparable from being measured by different degrees or dimensions.