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Ways of Seeing: Pronoun awareness is essential

January 16, 2020

You have probably heard that the singular “They” pronoun was the Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2019. But in case you’ve been too busy putting away holiday decorations (or in my case, freezing several gallons of turkey stock after simmering the holiday turkey carcass for an astonishing 24 hours) I will bring you up to speed. They/them are widely used personal pronouns for many people who identify as non-binary, people who don’t consider themselves male or female. I have a cousin and sever … (read more)

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