See -splain on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2012 December 22, Bunnika, “For reblogging: No crip has to be nice to ableists”, in Cumulative notes for the Zōon Politikon, retrieved 2014-04-27:",
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"ref": "2013 January 15, Dan O'Connor, “Dan Callahan Thinsplains Obesity”, in Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin, retrieved 2013-04-28:",
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"ref": "2014 March 14, Katy Waldman, “Princeton Mom's One Saving Grace”, The XX Factor, in Slate:",
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