Google’s ngram tool makes it relatively easy to see when a new word or phrase gains traction in our culture, or at least in print. For example, consider the following interrelated concepts from the field of women’s studies:
I don’t mean to suggest that one of these variables drove the other one but it does seem likely that the rise of the same school of thought may well have driven them both.
Here is the interactive graph for anyone who wants to muck about with the data. What other phrases might be usefully added in to the graph here?
