http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/gender-troubles-1-latins/ A blog mostly about language Tue, 21 May 2013 18:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/gender-troubles-1-latins/#comment-49454 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:40:36 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=1486#comment-49454 [...] On sex-marking in Chicano and Latino, see this posting.) [...]

]]> http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/gender-troubles-1-latins/#comment-1337 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:54:17 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=1486#comment-1337 I first came across Latin@ and Chican@ through politically progressive circles in Southern Arizona around 2001; it always struck me as flagrant performance of gender inclusivity, one I tempered/avoided for mainstream or conservative audiences. Perhaps that’s changing, which would be great!

]]> http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/gender-troubles-1-latins/#comment-1293 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:56:55 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=1486#comment-1293 Useful. Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latin@ Supreme Court Justice.

]]> http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/gender-troubles-1-latins/#comment-1282 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:49:04 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=1486#comment-1282 Interesting. As a polite human being, I’m all for calling people by the respectful term they prefer. As an editor, I wish to goodness they would settle on *one* word, for the sake of graceful prose. I hate slashes (and/or, he/she) and I suspect that many people “trip” when they encounter a word they don’t know how to mentally pronounce.

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