Eye - 3 January 2020

From political pronouns to friendly creativity

by Eye 3rd January 2020

Political pronouns

In an article about the politics of pronouns published in November 2019, a writer in The New York Times turned to early Friends for insight.

Teresa M Bejan, a professor of political theory, wrote about the issue of gender pronouns in the context of trans, nonbinary and genderqueer activists promoting ‘the use of gender-inclusive pronouns such as the singular “they/their” and “ze/zir” (instead of “he/him” or “she/her”)’.