Hampmeister@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Feb 27, 6:35 am, Baird Stafford <ba...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>In article <V5adnUuELaiMy1nanZ2dnUVZ_sOrn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> "Michael Gleason" <gleason.m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>Although I, personally, am not a fan of the gender neutral pronoun
"hir" I
>>>can understand its use in this case to offset the common misperceptions
>>>about dominance/submission in a kink setting. Every time I saw it, it
>>>reminded me that all is not necessarily as my early cultural
conditioning
>>>may have led me to expect. It kept me on my toes, and that was a good
>>>thing.
>>
>>Yet "sie" and "hir" were the pronouns of choice on both asb and ap, back
>>in the day. I recall a certain snow leopard who was *very* careful not
>>to let hir *** be known nor guessed on the grounds that, since the
>>Goddess Wor****ppers were so *very* feminist and others on ap were so
>>*very* masculinist, the moment anyone found out what sie wore under hir
>>tail, hir opinions would automatically be discounted by at least half
>>the group. The argument made sense to me at the time.
>>
>>Of course, it made sense that Ounce was one of the hottest flamers
>>around, too....
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>Blessed be,
>>Baird
>
>
> Hir s.r.p. moderator bio said sie "consider[ed] gender irrelevant to
> this forum". I recall I had a guess based on what I considered some
> subtle nuances and unerring logic -- proven wrong of course, once I
> had dinner with hir and hir partner... :)
>
Ounce was an original srp moderator? I guess my memory isn't perfect
(you may note the error in my response to Baird).
--
Blessed Be,
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