Comments on: justifying hatred of a word

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:54:22 +0000

That’s a great point. I had a somewhat more radical program in mind: making singular pronouns genderless, too. I don’t even know how to begin that effort, though I imagine that some smart people have some ideas.

By: katie

katie — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:22:50 +0000

I’m curious where you’re seeing resistance to the social project of eliminating gendered pronouns among your (our? I’m 31) generation. In my experience, the singular, genderless “they” has been seeing increased usage. My sense is that people of my generation embrace the idea of adding genderless pronouns to the English language but have been waiting for something that will be understood and embraced by their audience. Chicken, egg.

By: Eric Mill

Eric Mill — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:00:55 +0000

This post simultaneously makes me more keen to avoid using the term “bitch” myself, and yet take Schumer’s use of it more lightly. I’m not sure how that happened.