Here is a little mini-thread thread about pronouns. 1/8
Once, a few years ago, I was participating in a nationwide discussion, on Zoom, that was supposed to be about addressing racism in America. 2/8
At one point, we all got into break-out rooms with 2 or 3 participants. I got into my breakout room with one guy. He started out by saying his name and his pronouns. 3/8
I just gave my name. He asked me what my pronouns were and my response was "I don't do the 'preferred pronoun thing.'" 4/8
He said, "Well I need to know how to address you respectfully." My response: "You can just address me the normal way, using the second person pronoun 'you.'" 5/8
Him: "Right, but how do I refer to you when we go report back on our discussion? Is it she/her, he/him, they/them? What?" 6/8
Me: "It should be evident to you that I am female." This went on for some time until I just got sick of it and left the whole thing. 7/8
The moral of the story is that a conversation that was supposed to be about racism in America, which is an actual problem that we have to deal with, got completely hijacked by a conversation about pronouns. Thanks, racists. 8/8
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