BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth - The Top 20 Words in English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06z2pmp

The most common word in English is "the". Among the top 20, there are no nouns, few verbs and mostly grammatical words. Although there are boring words such as "and", there are fundamental to the English language as they build our sentences. They are all old English lexis. From a gender perspective, there is no "she" within the top 25. The most popular noun is "time". 

BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth - Slang

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06wd268

This radio clip is generally about the history of slang.
In this audio there are talks about how slang has a bad reputation since it used to be associated with criminality. 
There appears to be different reasons for slang such as misogyny, abuse and sex. There is an absence of caring and friendly slang words.
Slang could be thought of as a "linguistic safety valve".
There are discussions about whether slang is mostly dominated by men, however, it is apparent that women use slang too.

http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/

"How to watch Netflix as a feminist"

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/14/netflix-feminist-emma-watson-book-club-our-shared-shelf

This article talks about Netflix shows which are good to watch for feminists. As many people use Netflix regularly, this is quite good to highlight shows which can be an "important social exercise".

"ICYMI, English language is changing faster than ever, says expert"

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/01/icymi-english-language-is-changing-faster-than-ever-says-expert

This article highlights the ever changing English language. It mentions the many neologisms that are often used by teenagers such as "fleek" and "bae".