🧵 A thread on PREFERRED PRONOUNS and why I won't use them.

This is based on my Substack open letter to @peterboghossian (and @aliveness_ape) following their replies to criticisms about calling "Rachel" Levine 'she', and Peter asking @ThePosieParker about pronoun use in a recent… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 🆗 First, where I think we agree:

🔹We don't want to live in a world of cruelty
(I'll come to #BeKind in a bit)
🔹Sex is real, binary and immutable
🔹Authoritarianism is bad for humankind in all its forms
🔹Gender ideology is harmful

So...

Pronouns and gender-neutral language.

“Don't gobblefunk around with words” loupreston.substack.com/p/pt-1-intro-d… Children with communication disabilities.

How do they manage language demands?

loupreston.substack.com/p/pt-2-childre…

For the sake of clarity.

Get rid of ALL colourful crossings.

No to any ideology on highways and street furniture.

And definitely if it affects others’ safety and rights.

loupreston.substack.com/p/cross-about-… No.