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[rebelraising]

Okay, let's do it. "No gendered pronouns" day is next Wednesday, 11th July.

Everyone taking part defines their own limits; everyone promises to post about how it's going/ how it went for them.

[Poll #1016395]

Quick edit to add: here's the post for linking any write-ups of your experiences in taking part.

Comments

[autumnyte.livejournal.com]

Do you mind if I post this in my LJ? Also, does it matter what we use for non-gendered pronouns (ze, hir, etc. Or should we just use they?)

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Define your own limits! I think I'll go for they because I like it, but using ze would draw attention to it and get conversations going. I hope, actually, people will use a dozen different approaches and see how they work out.

Post away!

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

I'll probably use a mixture of 'they' and names, I think.

Out of interest, when you're using 'they' in that way, do you use 'themself', or 'themselves'? I tie myself in knots over this: the singular is clearly correct, but is going to be much more distracting for the listener. When writing, I often end up recasting the sentence in the plural...

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Hmmm - I think I use "themself" as a generic singular: I saw a person struggling with groceries and the door, but then they managed to open it themself. It doesn't sound too weird to me - maybe it's a dialectical difference?

[hobbledehoy.livejournal.com]

i use singular they for myself and i use "themself" when i'm talking in third person.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

I think, like the other respondents, I say "themself". But obviously now I'm thinking about it, I don't know!