Repost: Why I had a hard time calling my transgender child ‘they’
The Washington Post has finally addressed an issue with which I have been struggling: how to re-train myself to refer to my only child as “they”–and how to explain it […]
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American Dialect Society Recognizes the Singular ‘They’
So I’m only about 16 months ahead of the curve! Fascinating turn of events in the grammar world (where there aren’t many…) as the American Dialect Society gives its stamp […]
The Washington Post has Kind Words for THEY
It is rare for a national newspaper to even mention poetry, let alone in the context of a celebrity story. But Kathleen Parker, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist on politics and culture […]
Repost: Poetry Friday on Author Amok
Poet Laura Shovan talks about what a mother goes through when her daughter wants to wear a tux to a school dance. By sheer coincidence, she happened upon a poem […]
