a typographical note

[kaberett]

I much prefer the German convention of e.g. LehrerInnen or Lehrer/innen to the common English convention more closely approximating "hero(ine)". Because, actually, I don't think heroines are parentheticals; and I prefer written habit that doesn't normalise masculinity and relegate women to an afterthought. So: hurrah heroInes and hero/ines, basically.

See also: my feelings on "he" as a "gender-neutral" pronoun.

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Comments

[shehasathree]

ooh, YES.
/studied German at uni, has FEELINGS about linguistically marked and unmarked forms and gender.