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Jul 16 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
🧵📢The #antiracistcrafting Blanket Project has brought together a group of ppl from around the world to work as a community to help 2 charities (Project Okra in the US & The African Rainbow Family in the UK). This is gonna be your updates thread, so hold on to your butts. 1/
We've settled on a beautiful pattern. It's a granny square that suits all skill levels of crocheters. We've got our own color scheme, so you'll have to wait and see what we make! #antiracistcrafting 2/ Image
After we gather all the squares, I'll stitch them together. Just imagine a project where each granny square is created w/ love by someone who cares abt justice, is being creative &taking back their time from yt supremacy & giving to marginalized folks in need. #antiracistcrafting
We'll be raffling off the blanket when we are done. Anyone can enter & who knows, you may win a gorgeous hand-crafted project for a few bucks! Your donation will still support Black trans ppl in the US & BIPOC/BAME LGBTQ+ ppl seeking asylum in the UK. Win/win #antiracistcrafting
And we're off & running. Look at a practice run granny square by the fab @MariaMoralPena

We're doing this!

#antiracistcrafting

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Axel Folio, PhD,
Jul 18
Lmao
I mean, I wasn't even besmirching boomers but go off, I guess.
Why are Boomers upset abt me saying that they shouldn't be solely blamed for how badly things are headed now? We all know it's Gen X's fault anyway. 😂

I'm kidding. Leave me alone.
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Axel Folio, PhD,
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Axel Folio, PhD,
Jul 6
Hi. Medievalist/philologist here.

1st person singular of "they" can be traced back to a 14thc poem (c. 1350-60) called "William and the Werewolf." 1st composed in France in a 13thc romance named "Guillaume de Palerme."

No, "they" hasn't always been plural.
You're welcome. 1/ RR84 @curbappealreo said: “They” is plural. It has alwall. 2177-2182 of William and the Werewolf, King’s College
Rough translation: "then each man hurried, on horse & foot, hunting w/ hounds [through] all the high woods until THEY drew near to see the truth where William and his worthy dear spouse were lying."

With the singular "man" one would expect the pronoun "he" but "they" is used. 2/ ll. 2177-2182 of William and the Werewolf, King’s College
Good news everyone, there's an open access critical edition of the medieval poem here. So you too can equip yourself to point out to hateful bigoted dolts that they aren't authorities on pronouns & don't know what they're talking about:

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ia600209.us.archive.org/4/items/romanc…
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Axel Folio, PhD,
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Lets talk about queer love! A 🧵

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#lilnasx #medievaltwitter #PrideMonth2022 Two Black men. One on the l...First folio of The Wanderer...
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