[Ads-l] "womxn" throws its hat into the WOTY ring

[Ben Zimmer]

Mark Peters wrote about "womxn" for the Boston Globe last year.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2017/05/09/womyn-wimmin-and-other-folx/vjhPn82ITGgCCbE12iNn1N/story.html

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 1:58 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> Note that it seems to function as both a singular and a plural.  No clue
> about the intended pronunciation.  I’d be concerned about the potential
> rhyme with “Nixon” but anymore that could be with Cynthia rather than
> Tricky Dick, so maybe no harm no foul.
>
> LH
>
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: "Nelini Stamp, Working Families Party" <reply at workingfamilies.org>
> > Subject: On Fridays, we wear Black
> > Date: October 4, 2018 at 6:09:00 PM EDT
> > To: laurence.horn at yale.edu
> > Reply-To: reply at workingfamilies.org
> >
> > Laurence —
> >
> > During the Kavanaugh confirmation, womxn* have been filled with rightful
> rage as Senate Republicans have tried to ram through his confirmation to
> the Supreme Court, despite credible allegations of sexual assault.
> >
> > No matter what happens with the confirmation fight, we must turn our
> sacred RAGE into CHANGE. That’s why starting this Friday and continuing
> every Friday until November 23rd, I’m joining the call for womxn to wear
> black, rise up, and put a halt to ‘business as usual.’
> >
> > The #BlackFridays movement is an intersectional group of womxn from
> every cross section of society who have come together to act. Every Friday
> we will raise our voices, resist, and disrupt the systems that give power
> to the Kavanaughs, Trumps, and CEOs who harm us.
> [...]
> > *Womxn with an x, acknowledges the historical exclusion of gender
> expressions. We intentionally use x to hold intersectional space for
> individuals who identify as trans, genderfluid, genderqueer, gender
> non-conforming, and non-binary people.
> >
>

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