Writer and editor. Author of Look Who's Morphing. Writing a novel that philosophises about religion. Represented by @WolfLiterary. 🦞
Jun 20, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Just had a very vivid and drawn-out nightmare. I was judging the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. In fact, I was the sole judge of the Fiction and Non-fiction categories. But the rules were different and I found out that you could award the prizes to a book from any…
country and published in any year. The awards ceremony was starting in a few hours and I had not yet decided the winners. I was also told that I had to compile a shortlist of 7 books for each category. I was panicking (and totally blanking) and so were the awards staff. Time…
Feb 23, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Spent some of today unpacking to myself why sharing pronouns is not necessarily beneficial to the very people whom it is meant to above all serve. For example:
— it can put pressure on ppl who can’t be “out” about their gender identity to use the wrong pronouns
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— some gender-questioning ppl may be unsure re: their pronouns, & don’t want to be put on the spot with an invitation to share their pronouns
— some trans ppl whose pronouns seemingly align with their appearance can feel that sharing their pronouns erases their trans status
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