language issues

Wed Mar 26 22:28:37 UTC 2008

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...
Sonja Franeta

Sarah Wagner <cns717 at YAHOO.COM> wrote: 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!

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!

Sarah

----- Original Message ----
From: Mary Bucholtz <bucholtz at LINGUISTICS.UCSB.EDU>
To: GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Sent:  Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:28:33 PM
Subject: [GALA-L] List subscription issues

Thanks to Kira for sending this message, a version of which I was just 
about to post myself! More generally, I'd like to update everyone on a few 
issues regarding GALA-L. First, I'm delighted that there's been so much 
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Second, one consequence of the increased list activity is increased number 
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quota, and people on vacation. I've removed a number of subscribers with 
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Fourth, it's wonderful that we have so many subscribers to the list, but a 
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Mary

--On Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:20 AM -0700 Kira Hall 
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