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Friday, June 6, 2014
I finally told everyone I'm genderqueer. The "singular they" argument.
I told my family and friend I'm gq, and everyone was ok with that. What a few had a problem with was singular they. I actually prefer humanist, personist, and both forms of Spivack but "they" is easier as it's something we already know. This genderqueer thing is complex to some enough as it is, so I figuered I would make some of it easier and ask that people just refer to my as "they". In the arguments I got "It makes you sound skectophirnic". One arguement stopped when I pulled out the "There's 20 other neutral pronouns if you want to use those. I warn you that they are harde,as they are not in navie english tounge". One argument continued suggesting that i make a new pronoun set, giving my reason for using "they". I replied that I like the pronouns in use now, so they're no need to make any special requests.
There's an understanding that calling a person "it" in insulting, but to me it isn't. I don't care if someone calls me it - and I say this having been called an it before. The understanding is that calling a person an "it" is disrespectful for it's dehumanizing. I understand that, and yet, I'm still not bothered by it. Firstly, I've been called much worse than "it" - my skin has hardernd. Secondly, gender neutral proouns (that would be considered grammartically correct) aren't a normal thing in our english language. We normally don't go any farther than "she", "he", and "it". "It" is the only gender neutral pronoun that's tough in school, so it's the only one we grow up with. In other countries, an equalizlinte of our "it" is used as a neutral pronoun that not offending. If someone can't idenifty me, and "it" comes from the confusion I'm not going to get in a huff about the matter.
There's an understanding that calling a person "it" in insulting, but to me it isn't. I don't care if someone calls me it - and I say this having been called an it before. The understanding is that calling a person an "it" is disrespectful for it's dehumanizing. I understand that, and yet, I'm still not bothered by it. Firstly, I've been called much worse than "it" - my skin has hardernd. Secondly, gender neutral proouns (that would be considered grammartically correct) aren't a normal thing in our english language. We normally don't go any farther than "she", "he", and "it". "It" is the only gender neutral pronoun that's tough in school, so it's the only one we grow up with. In other countries, an equalizlinte of our "it" is used as a neutral pronoun that not offending. If someone can't idenifty me, and "it" comes from the confusion I'm not going to get in a huff about the matter.
I got a job! And, now for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
And, I don't care much for it, so it's time to get some new hobbies! If all I have to focus on is something I don't like I'll start getting depressed and angry. I feel like it's time to put my focus on more bodily means. My current hobbies are more social and creative based. I love drawing and fanficing, but I need to get my body going. I still dance, but I dance solo. I'm looking at martial arts, for in a class I will be working on my body while still being able to be social. I'm also looking at fencing, because why not?
I see quite a bit going on in tai chi which is linked to kung fu. The area has taeknowdoe and karate, but who doesn't? I want to do something different. there's also a parkour school out here, but it's all the way across town outside of the bus routes. If I can find a way to get out there I'll gladly take the classes and use the gym. Parkour is the closest I'll get to taijutsu, as the taijutsu school is in a different town. Either one is fine, though.
I'm not going to be unreasonable. I'm looking at these options one at a time, as I expect them to take a huge toll on my body. Fencing might come first as it looks to be the shortest thing, and if I'm not pleased with it I can stop much easier than these other things I'm looking at.
On a different sort of in the same subject, there's the language learning thing that keeps getting put down due to cost. So far, I've found it much cheaper to learn a martial art than to learn a different language. I've found a kung fu class for $60 a month and Rosette Stone is $200, right? When I priced ASL classes the cheapest I found was $85, and a tutor was $75.
We'll see how this goes.
I see quite a bit going on in tai chi which is linked to kung fu. The area has taeknowdoe and karate, but who doesn't? I want to do something different. there's also a parkour school out here, but it's all the way across town outside of the bus routes. If I can find a way to get out there I'll gladly take the classes and use the gym. Parkour is the closest I'll get to taijutsu, as the taijutsu school is in a different town. Either one is fine, though.
I'm not going to be unreasonable. I'm looking at these options one at a time, as I expect them to take a huge toll on my body. Fencing might come first as it looks to be the shortest thing, and if I'm not pleased with it I can stop much easier than these other things I'm looking at.
On a different sort of in the same subject, there's the language learning thing that keeps getting put down due to cost. So far, I've found it much cheaper to learn a martial art than to learn a different language. I've found a kung fu class for $60 a month and Rosette Stone is $200, right? When I priced ASL classes the cheapest I found was $85, and a tutor was $75.
We'll see how this goes.
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