But, because of the gendered and ultimately machista nature of Spanish, a group of friends, 9 of whom are women and 1 of whom is a man, is called "amigos." My gender is disappeared. It's like a dirty war... for words.pic.twitter.com/SU2kyHFcMK
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Again: the person who explained amigxs to me what seems like forever ago was my elder. Poor in a way most of you will never understand poverty, and less educated as in never finished grade school. They got it. They taught me.
Plus, this is a Guarani elder we're talking about. They reminded me that Spanish is an imperialist language; that we should challenge our allegiance to its purity.
More than anything else, I'd like those of you who don't speak Spanish and are not Latinx to know that many of us do use the word. We're still working some of this out among ourselves, but in the meantime, we welcome you using the word.
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