Steven, if you haven’t already, read the recent New Yorker interview with writer Masha Gessen. She now uses “they/them” pronouns and identifies an non-binary. At one point she refers to Judith Butler as “she”, catches herself and then corrects to “they.” (Butler has used “they/them” for years) It was extremely telling. Even though Gessen…
Steven, if you haven’t already, read the recent New Yorker interview with writer Masha Gessen. She now uses “they/them” pronouns and identifies an non-binary.
At one point she refers to Judith Butler as “she”, catches herself and then corrects to “they.” (Butler has used “they/them” for years)
It was extremely telling. Even though Gessen, herself, also uses “they/them” pronouns, her immediate instinct was to read Butler as a “she,” as does the rest of the world. That says something about the narcissism of this movement that they want us to 1) know what they feel about their own gender and then 2) memorize it, all evidence to the contrary.
"Even though Gessen, herself, also uses “they/them” pronouns, her immediate instinct was to read Butler as a “she,” as does the rest of the world"
Absolutely. And even if they believed it, which they don't, it's an impossible standard. I've noticed a lot of the fully indoctrinated resort to referring to everybody as "they" to avoid mistakes like these which a) is still misgendering if you believe in the dogma, and b) shows that even for them, using pronouns to affirm, rather than to describe, is more hassle than it's worth.
Steven, if you haven’t already, read the recent New Yorker interview with writer Masha Gessen. She now uses “they/them” pronouns and identifies an non-binary.
At one point she refers to Judith Butler as “she”, catches herself and then corrects to “they.” (Butler has used “they/them” for years)
It was extremely telling. Even though Gessen, herself, also uses “they/them” pronouns, her immediate instinct was to read Butler as a “she,” as does the rest of the world. That says something about the narcissism of this movement that they want us to 1) know what they feel about their own gender and then 2) memorize it, all evidence to the contrary.
"Even though Gessen, herself, also uses “they/them” pronouns, her immediate instinct was to read Butler as a “she,” as does the rest of the world"
Absolutely. And even if they believed it, which they don't, it's an impossible standard. I've noticed a lot of the fully indoctrinated resort to referring to everybody as "they" to avoid mistakes like these which a) is still misgendering if you believe in the dogma, and b) shows that even for them, using pronouns to affirm, rather than to describe, is more hassle than it's worth.
It's also confusing as hell