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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/books@lemmy.world

It just seems incredibly odd for there to be so many lines in a book about gender insisting that there is no way to refer to someone (in the English language, at least) without implying gender. She even mentions the possibility of using „it“ at one point!

I’m liking the book otherwise, but every time the narrators ponder about pronouns without even considering „they“ I have to ask myself if there is any point in ignoring it or if she genuinely just forgot. I don’t think it’s possible for her to have not known about it considering how well-read she was and how long it’s been in use.

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[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

do you think Newton was an idiot because he didn't know about relativity?

you do know, that the majority of modern gender discourse... originated in the 1970s, and only became popular with non-academics in the in the 2010s, mostly thanks to it's use on social media?

but don't let these facts get in the way of how much a book written before most of any of what you are talking about, existed, let alone outside of a tiny tiny subset of academics who were originating most of what you take for granted as having always have existed?

perhaps you could, I dunno, give Le guin credit for what a trailblazer she was in her time?

this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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