I am working on a writing project at the moment and I have come to the conclusion, once again, that I am going to make every effort possible to try to move back into using “his”, “hers”, and “its”, instead of “their” to encompass all three. That’s my goal, anyhow. I know I have a few friends who are feminists who may get upset by this. I know a couple of other women who will be livid because they were of the group who worked toward gender-neutral language. Now, I can sort of understand the issue, but as someone who works as a writer, albeit sporadically, I don’t have to like it. Continue reading
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Random Capitalization, Titling, and Made up Words
This is probably going to annoy a bunch of people, especially those who’s “experience” with BDSM is constrained to online dealings and just about nothing else, but I would like to know if anyone has any idea who started the “I/i”, “H/him”, “S/she” nonsense. I think my study of language has me constantly getting annoyed every single time I see this. Continue reading
A Few Comments on Why Feminism is the Anti-Viagra
I read this article on Psychology Today’s website called “Why Feminism is the Anti-Viagra“. Then I read a bunch of blog posts commenting on this blog and… was astonished by the amount of so called feminists confusing sexual dominance/submission and social dominance/submission. The two certainly can go together, but they are slightly different things. Continue reading