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

[Laurence Horn]

Aha.  Didn’t know it’s (relatively) well established.  I see the article, including the interview with you, refrains from offer a pronunciation for “women”, while “Latinx” is, as we’ve discussed, trisyllabic (= Lateen-ex).  Woe-mixin’ (sg.)/Wim-mixin’ (pl.)?  Invariant wum-mixin’?

LH

> On Oct 8, 2018, at 2:21 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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