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While reading this, it got me wondering about proper pronoun usage for past-tense. AFAIK, Wendy was Walter when Switched On Bach was released, so is it proper
by anonymousiam 3y ago
While reading this, it got me wondering about proper pronoun usage for past-tense. AFAIK, Wendy was Walter when Switched On Bach was released, so is it proper to say "his" work, or "her" work?
The article refers to Carlos with "her" in all cases.
https://www.discogs.com/release/1343533-Walter-Carlos-Switched-On-Bach https://www.discogs.com/release/1343533-Walter-Carlos-Switch...
- JKCalhoun 3y agoArticle also refers to her "deadname". I suppose that is how she likes to view it: Walter never existed.
- burk96 3y agoThe Wikipedia Manual of Style is a good guide to cases like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Gender_identity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Gend... To answer your question, she/her is correct, and a brief note that she went by Walter at the time is sufficient to avoid confusion.
- anonymousiam 3y agoThanks! I'm somewhat ignorant of these things, and I did not mean to offend anyone.
- gwbas1c 3y agoIt's, uhm, confusing. She was living as a she at the time. The first pressing of Switched on Bach didn't even have a name on it. She had to fight just to get W??? Carlos on the second pressing. (I have the first pressing framed.) In hindsight, it might have been less confusing to just use W. Carlos as her professional name. I certainly was confused because, in 2000, my college textbooks said "Walter Carlos" but the record store had CDs by "Wendy Carlos." I didn't figure it out until I Googled "Walter Carlos."