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Gender-neutral pronouns be damned: my brain still veers to 'he' and 'she'
Forgive this 50-year-old for being slow to catch on, but the speed at which gender politics is developing has totally left me behind
23 January 2022 - 00:00
One of the perks of being 50 is that I’m expected to be an ignorant fuddy-duddy with 1970s sensibilities. That provides me with the perfect excuse to admit things I wouldn’t have, just five years ago.
For instance, my 17-year-old asked me what I thought of the Ariana Grande moment while we were sharing our respective experiences of the movie Don’t Look Up. Without missing a beat, I responded, "Remind me, who is what’s-it-now, Arena?" Two days before my 50th, I might have been tempted to pretend to know her and wing it...
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