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...warily away from the shudder-inducing “it” and mumble inaudibly. Has political correctness finally exhausted the capacities of the English language? Wesleyan University has turned to a gender-neutral alternative: “ze.” “Students use it to refer to people who have requested it as their pronoun,” Zach Strassburger, a member of the Weseleyan Trans/Gender Group, wrote in an e-mail. “They are mostly but not entirely students who identify as trans or gender-variant in some...
...style in three words: Smooth, like water. My style in one sentence: Refer to above. In 15 minutes I am wearing: My bathrobe. In 15 years I am wearing: Your wife’s bathrobe...
...school board needs some he'p with its own English." He read, "'In the clause African Language Systems are genetically based and not a dialect of English, the term genetically based is used according to the standard dictionary definition of has its origins in. It is not used to refer to human biology.' Say what? Next thing you know, dese folks be claimin' your IQ goes up if you has more melanin...
Sure, there needs to be something like Pitchfork, and I don’t advocate its demise. But when that something is as powerful as it has proven to be, it zaps our desire for interaction, spurring us to refer each other to this or that review instead. Abe, remember our nostalgia for the mix tape/CD, as both a method of wooing a crush and of expressing oneself...
...group of Harvard seniors has taken up the apparently self-constructed challenge of bringing two live zebras to Harvard Square by Monday at midnight, with the goal of raising money for hurricane and earthquake relief. If they succeed, they say, an anonymous donor—to whom they refer as the “Contender”—has agreed to purchase a boat large enough to fit the team and the zebras. The group, dubbed Team Zebra, plans to “take a cruise” while raising money for disaster relief, according to their website...