Pronouns. Once a backwater of philosophical and linguistic interest, but now a politically charged issue. Thus, I thought, I will start my Substacking with a modest proposal on what to do with pronouns. There are those, a small but loud few, that think people should learn and remember everyone’s preferred pronouns. I have neither the time nor the mental bandwidth to learn a set of designer pronouns for every person I know, much less every person I encounter. Moreover, I view as an imposition anyone’s insistence that I remember their pronouns. I’m not going to do it, so don’t bother.
On Pronouns: A Modest Proposal
On Pronouns: A Modest Proposal
On Pronouns: A Modest Proposal
Pronouns. Once a backwater of philosophical and linguistic interest, but now a politically charged issue. Thus, I thought, I will start my Substacking with a modest proposal on what to do with pronouns. There are those, a small but loud few, that think people should learn and remember everyone’s preferred pronouns. I have neither the time nor the mental bandwidth to learn a set of designer pronouns for every person I know, much less every person I encounter. Moreover, I view as an imposition anyone’s insistence that I remember their pronouns. I’m not going to do it, so don’t bother.