I just want to put in my two cents worth. The discussion on how we choose language for lesbian women has been very good indeed. In addition, I think we have been entirely too limited in our definitions of what is masculine and what is feminine (in our society) and some of this doesdependent on language.These questions of what is called masculine and what is called feminine are definitely relevant to a gender listserv. I find it curious that some people suddenly want to get off the list...<br>Sonja Franeta<br><br><b><i>Sarah Wagner <cns717@YAHOO.COM></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I'll second that last point: I've set my filter so that anything from the
list automatically gets popped into my IGALA folder, and saved for my eager read later in the day!<br><br>Thanks also to everyone joining the discussion on masculine women. I haven't read the whole thing (read above about being eager), but this is exactly what I signed up for when I got on the list--in depth discussions about these topics with people with all different types of expertise!<br><br>Sarah<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Mary Bucholtz <bucholtz@LINGUISTICS.UCSB.EDU><br>To: GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<br>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:28:33 PM<br>Subject: [GALA-L] List subscription issues<br><br>Thanks to Kira for sending this message, a version of which I was just <br>about to post myself! More generally, I'd like to update everyone on a few <br>issues regarding GALA-L. First, I'm delighted that there's been so much <br>activity on the list
recently, but for those who are feeling overwhelmed <br>and would prefer a daily digest format instead of individual messages, you <br>can choose that when you change your subscription options at the website <br>below. For those who no longer wish to subscribe, you can unsubscribe there <br>as well.<br><br>Second, one consequence of the increased list activity is increased number <br>of error messages to the listowners due to bad addresses, mailboxes over <br>quota, and people on vacation. I've removed a number of subscribers with <br>bad addresses; those who are over quota or on vacation, or those whose <br>servers seem to go down repeatedly, have been placed on temporary "no mail" <br>status. If in future you suddenly stop receiving GALA-L messages, you may <br>be in one of the above situations; check your subscription settings first <br>and then contact me if you have problems.<br><br>Third, because there are over 700 subscribers to this list, it will be most
<br>efficient if you manage your subscription yourself. If you go to the <br>website and have trouble, then you should feel free to contact me. PLEASE <br>DO NOT CONTACT THE LIST WITH SUBSCRIPTION PROBLEMS! It clutters others' <br>inboxes and you won't necessarily get the help you need.<br><br>Fourth, it's wonderful that we have so many subscribers to the list, but a <br>much smaller subset are members of the International Gender and Language <br>Assocation (IGALA), which is the organization that this list was designed <br>to serve. We're delighted to see so much interest in language and gender <br>and want to keep the list open to anyone who would like to subscribe, but <br>we also want to strongly encourage subscribers to become members of the <br>organization. Membership includes a subscription to the journal Gender and <br>Language, voting rights, and other privileges. For more information, see: <br><<a
href="http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/index.html</a>><br><br>Finally, in belated response to a subscriber request, I've now set the list <br>to include the subject header [GALA-L], which will help you to manage your <br>email from the list. Please feel free to contact me (not the list!) if you <br>have other requests.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Mary<br><br><br>--On Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:20 AM -0700 Kira Hall <br><<a ymailto="mailto:Kira.Hall@COLORADO.EDU" href="mailto:Kira.Hall@COLORADO.EDU">Kira.Hall@COLORADO.EDU</a>> wrote:<br><br>><br>> Dear Sean C Lynch Painting and others,<br>><br>><br>> For those of you who want to unsubscribe from the list, please do so<br>> yourself, instead of adding even more emails to our disgruntled<br>> subscriber email collections.<br>><br>><br>> Below is the unsubscribe info that Mary Bucholtz sends out to the
list<br>> periodically and that you received in an email when you subscribed to the<br>> list. Good luck. I'm certain you can figure it out.<br>><br>><br>> Kira<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ****************************************<br>><br>> HOW DO I CHANGE MY SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS?<br>><br>><br>> To temporarily suspend delivery of messages, to unsubscribe, or to change<br>> your subscription options, go to the GALA-L homepage at:<br>><br>><br>> <a href="http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/gala-l.html" target="_blank">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/gala-l.html</a><br>><br><br>**************************************************<br>Mary Bucholtz, Associate Professor<br>Department of Linguistics<br>3607 South Hall<br>University of California<br>Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3100<br>phone: (805) 893-5415<br>fax: (805) 893-7769<br><a href="http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/bucholtz/"
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