4 days ago I announced my intention to ditch gendered pronouns in my own use of English (with no intention to language police anyone else's);

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116235817037391784

So far it's going well. As with ditching the term "user" it's taking a bit of getting used to.

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#WordsArePhilosophies #GenderedPronouns

I want to flag that I've decided to move towards replacing gendered pronouns in my speech and writing with they/them. The transition will take a while, but it is now underway.

If it's important to you to be referred to as he/him or she/her (eg you're trans and they/them feels like a denial of your internal sense of gender), please be a squeaky wheel. As always, I'll do my best best to remember and use your preferred pronouns.

But consider this;

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#pronouns #GenderedPronouns