Gender neutral and androgynous have themselves historically been more masculine than neutral, e.g., recall "he" declared as gender neutral
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
by many in the past or "guys" the same. There is a lot of femmephobia out there!
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
You can 100% be agender or/and androgynous or even a cis man and still like femme stuff. But sadly, you get chastised for it. Even women do.
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Replying to @o_guest @blahah404 and
Thanks Olivia! Sorry to push this - would you recommend "heros and heroines" then? That feels super weird to me. Or just avoid in general?
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Replying to @o_guest @blahah404 and
I feel like I've wanted to say something like "you are all heros of <insert movement here>" in an inspirational way
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Replying to @kirstie_j @blahah404 and
Why go for a noun that has inherent rendering? Why not something like: "leaders" "activists" "movers and shakers" "vanguard" etc?
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Replying to @o_guest @kirstie_j and
hero(ine) has extra recognition of self-sacrifice and pursuit of good
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Replying to @blahah404 @kirstie_j and
You can use it. I can't stop you. I just gave my thoughts.
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Replying to @o_guest
fyi if you told me to stop using a word my assumption would be that you are right and I should go back and learn...
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