{"id":16564,"date":"2020-05-07T05:45:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T12:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=16564"},"modified":"2020-05-07T05:45:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T12:45:36","slug":"quick-takes-no-cis-normative-appellations-stickers-of-oppression-international-pronouns-day-yall-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/05\/07\/quick-takes-no-cis-normative-appellations-stickers-of-oppression-international-pronouns-day-yall-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 No Cis-Normative Appellations: Stickers Of Oppression; International Pronouns Day; Y\u2019all Woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but using wrong pronouns makes you Hitler!!1!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Bf_fBLvmQU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5372\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Apparently British police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2019\/10\/14\/police-response-transphobic-stickers-branded-extraordinary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have nothing better to do<\/a> than to hunt down people who dare express biological fact.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA police force has been accused of \u2018incredible irresponsibility\u2019 for treating the display of transphobic stickers around Oxford as a \u2018serious crime\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSome of the stickers, which have been dotted around the city centre, state: \u2018Woman: noun. Adult human female\u2019 and \u2018Women don\u2019t have penises\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThames Valley Police has announced that those responsible could be charged with a public order offence and has appealed for witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The madness of academia is, and always will, <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/10\/pronouns-gone-wild-obsession-moves-from-campus-to-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">infect the broader society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOver the last several years, we have seen the migration of progressive culture from the halls of college campuses to the mainstream. The creation and recognition of \u2018International Pronouns Day\u2019 is a perfect example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf you haven\u2019t heard of International Pronouns Day, you\u2019re not alone. It\u2019s new, having been first recognized just last year. It occurred again yesterday and is already being treated by many as completely mainstream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis concept grew directly out of the recent embrace of transgenderism in higher education, where the special day for pronouns is being heavily advanced and celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The gender neutral term of address to a bunch of people, namely \u201cguys\u201d (as in \u201chey you guys!\u201d) is doubleplusungood and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/students-encouraged-to-use-terms-folks-or-yall-instead-of-guys-at-pronoun-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">even \u201cy\u2019all\u201d is considered woke<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSan Diego State University held a \u2018Pronouns 101\u2019 workshop on November 20 in honor of \u2018Transgender Awareness Day.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe event, hosted by Wesley Palau, coordinator of SDSU\u2019s Pride Center, and Miles Reyes, part of the Pride Center\u2019s media team, spent time teaching students how to use language that is inclusive of transgender people. It lasted for about half an hour and was sparsely attended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe speakers started the presentation with a land acknowledgement of indigenous people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAfter, students were advised not to use the word \u2018guys\u2019 when addressing a group of people, and instead use terms such as \u2018y\u2019all\u2019 or \u2018folks.\u2019 Another option suggested was \u2018beautiful people.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"No Cis-Normative Appelations: Stickers Of Oppression; International Pronouns Day; Y\u2019all Woke; Non-Heathen Leadership\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but using wrong pronouns makes you Hitler!!1!\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but using wrong pronouns &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/05\/07\/quick-takes-no-cis-normative-appellations-stickers-of-oppression-international-pronouns-day-yall-woke\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[9,55,25,24,48],"class_list":["post-16564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-europe","tag-gender","tag-higher-ed","tag-leviathan","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16575,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16564\/revisions\/16575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}