Pronoun story: I have a foreign friend who lives in the US. She'd just been home for a while and her English was rusty. In a meeting, she was apparently asked her pronouns and had a sudden moment where she couldn't remember what a pronoun was. She had a moment of floundering and said, "sorry, I'm confused..." And everyone suddenly became…
Pronoun story: I have a foreign friend who lives in the US. She'd just been home for a while and her English was rusty. In a meeting, she was apparently asked her pronouns and had a sudden moment where she couldn't remember what a pronoun was. She had a moment of floundering and said, "sorry, I'm confused..." And everyone suddenly became super supportive. Some sent cards after the meeting. Everyone was honored she chose to share that with them.
And the idea that a room of people decided this middle-aged woman with a thick accent was clearly expressing her deep and complex feelings about gender rather than having language difficulties makes me giggle.
Pronoun story: I have a foreign friend who lives in the US. She'd just been home for a while and her English was rusty. In a meeting, she was apparently asked her pronouns and had a sudden moment where she couldn't remember what a pronoun was. She had a moment of floundering and said, "sorry, I'm confused..." And everyone suddenly became super supportive. Some sent cards after the meeting. Everyone was honored she chose to share that with them.
And the idea that a room of people decided this middle-aged woman with a thick accent was clearly expressing her deep and complex feelings about gender rather than having language difficulties makes me giggle.