6:55pm June 19, 2014

➸ http://youneedacat.tumblr.com/post/89298453590/madeofpatterns-when-there-were-phone-books

feliscorvus:

madeofpatterns:

When there were phone books, women often chose to list themselves by initials only to cut down on creeps having their phone number or address.

This was especially the case for women living alone.

Think about why that is, before you exhort everyone to list their pronouns on…

Thanks for writing about this. I prefer she/her because I’m used to those and it’s easy, but I sometimes wish there had been other options integrated into the English language when I was growing up. Because for whatever reason, maybe because I was only exposed to them after that early-childhood “acquire all the vocabulary” module turned off? I haven’t been physically able to get myself to use ANY gender-neutral pronouns out loud. :/

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