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You can't forget about "womxn" and "folx." The insertion of an "x" seems to be more of an attempt to colonize/Lysenkoize the lexicon than to actually be inclus
by pclmulqdq 4y ago
You can't forget about "womxn" and "folx." The insertion of an "x" seems to be more of an attempt to colonize/Lysenkoize the lexicon than to actually be inclusive.
- bitwize 4y agoSticks in your craw, doesn't it, that x? Kinda like how trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people do in our cisnormative society. It is deliberate, and it's intended to acknowledge the presence of something that was always there, but absent from our culture's understanding of the world.
- Dalewyn 4y agoIt's about power and control. He who controls language controls thought. He who controls thought wields absolute power.