So for my fellow Indian poets, the past series of tweets was about @aishatonu the editor of Atlanta Review saying "Dear Sir/Madam" as an address is disrespectful, then he/she modified it to "I think it& #39;s tacky". I think it speaks to the attitudes many editors here

have about tone/usage of English. Of course, they& #39;re blissfully unaware of how colonialism has contributed to said usage. Or how our own languages may require certain forms of politeness / tehzeeb of us. Just something to keep in mind when and if you submit.

The reason I& #39;m especially concerned is because in my years as editor of http://Ultraviolet.in"> http://Ultraviolet.in , a feminist website I ran from 2008-2015ish, we received many subs addressed to madam. It& #39;s extremely common in India.

This also speaks to the pressure to conform to specific aesthetics. This is also not just about this journal because I& #39;ve come across others with similar, racist notions of how emails are framed, the use of certain formal words we& #39;re taught ins school etc.

Those of us who have the privilege of access to changing western ideas/lingo (through travel, internet etc) are chameleonic. We change as the online culture changes. But not everyone has that privilege.