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Gender-specific and gender-neutral pronouns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Historically, there were two gender-neutral pronouns native to English dialects, ou and a.
  • yo has come to be used as a gender-neutral pronoun
  • Since at least the 15th century, they (used with verbs conjugated in the plural, as with you), them, their, theirs, and themselves or themself have been used, in an increasingly accepted fashion, as singular pronouns. This usage is often called the singular they. It is widely used and accepted in Britain, Australia, and North America in conversation.
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  • S/he laughed
  • S/he (compact)
  • Yo laughed
  • I called yo
  • Hu laughed
  • Humanist
  • Hus eyes gleam
  • That is hus
  • Hu likes humself
  • I called hum
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Postgenderism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • eliminating the need for definite genders in such a society
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Gender schema theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • modeling equal roles for mothers and fathers in the household
  • individual differences schema, where children learn to process information on a person-by-person basis rather than make wide assumptions about groups based on information from individuals
  • society should decrease the use of the gender dichotomy
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Gender neutrality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • policies, language, and other social institutions should avoid distinguishing roles according to people's sex or gender, in order to avoid discrimination arising from the impression that there are social roles for which one gender is more suited than the other
  • eliminate gender distinctions
  • gender neutrality in the law has changed the nature of custody disputes
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  • public restrooms being available without distinguishing the gender of the person using them
  • Someone who identifies as gender blind takes the perspective of gender neutrality in every day life.
  • s/he, or they
  • in gender neutralism the emphasis is on transcending the perspective of gender altogether rather than focusing on the rights of specific genders
  • Gender neutrality emphasises the equal treatment of men and women legally with no discrimination whatsoever.
  • Gender neutrality or "gender transcendence" is part of the transhumanist concept of postgenderism
  • Advocates of postgenderism argue that the presence of gender roles, social stratification, and cogno-physical disparities and differences are generally to the detriment of individuals and society.
  • promoting gender neutrality within the classroom
  • not having gender-specific sports
  • gender-neutral bathrooms and on-campus housing
  • gender-inclusive dorm room and bathroom options
  • damage caused by gender stereotyping of children
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C++ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • regarded as a "middle-level" language
  • developed by Bjarne Stroustrup
  • began as enhancements to C, first adding classes, then virtual functions, operator overloading, multiple inheritance, templates, and exception handling among other features.
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BASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • high-level programming language
  • Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
  • designed in 1964 by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz
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  • to provide computer access to non-science students. At the time, nearly all use of computers required writing custom software, which was something only scientists and mathematicians tended to do.
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In defense of demiromanticism | The Asexual Agenda - 0 views

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  • a word to describe how you experience the world
  • some people don’t understand the difference between labels imposed by outside sources and labels to help you understand yourself
  • labels imposed from the outside are not cool
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  • who are they to tell me what’s going on in my own head?
  • labels for yourself, new ways to describe your own experience, thoughts, and desires, are amazing
  • the power of labels lies in their ability to prove that you’re not alone
  • if someone else out there bothered to come up with a word for it, it means you’re not the only one experiencing it!
  • Sometimes I think people forget how powerful that can be for people who feel isolated (regardless of whether that isolation is real or perceived).
  • I just am.
  • if I didn’t have that label, it wouldn’t actually change how I feel or what I experience
  •  Words are good, even if they’re describing a majority experience.
  • a demiromantic person is one who does not experience romantic attraction until they have an emotional connection with the other party
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Demisexual - AVENwiki - 0 views

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  • A demisexual is a person who does not experience sexual attraction unless they form a strong emotional connection with someone.
  • In general, demisexuals are not sexually attracted to anyone of any gender; however, when a demisexual is emotionally connected to someone else (whether the feelings are romantic love or deep friendship), the demisexual experiences sexual attraction and desire, but only towards the specific partner or partners.
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Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction and Fantasy : Another Word: Reading and Writing... - 0 views

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  • We learn about some of the most important things in our lives vicariously through fiction.
  • I’ve known a lot of people for whom books have been profoundly important
  • Fiction isn’t powerless. And if the author just ignores the politics of their work, that doesn’t mean the book becomes apolitical. It just means they wrote their own defaults.
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  • Think Black people are lazy and violent, but your work isn’t about that? I’ll bet you dollars to donuts it’s in there.
  • Reading is the same way.
  • He’s trying to be a better man and to create (in a small way) a better world by the way he chooses what he reads.
  • And it was a moral statement, even if it was mostly a private one.
  • How we read and how we write will always have moral and political implications. The only choice we’ve got is whether they’re unconscious or considered.
  • beautiful and damning distinction
  • best self
  • authentic self
  • Wanting to live in a better world is great. Working for a better world is great. It only becomes a vice when it keeps us from loving the world we’re in—warts and all. My experience is that life is full of strong women and weak ones. Venal ones. Active ones. Passive ones. Complicated ones. Unhealthy ones. Men are just as varied and complicated and screwed-up. Their lives aren’t our societal best self, but they’re who we are
  • Treating moral issues as if they were craft is asking for a literature of beautiful sermons.
  • reading projects that pull you out into different kinds of authors and stories are wonderful so long as the moral aspects of your reading list don’t become more important than the joy you take in reading
  • I would never argue that the power of story—and it’s a real power—comes without responsibility. But I would say that responsibility is both to the better world to which we aspire and also the broken, compromised one we live in now.
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  • Page Headers and Footers: Running headers/footers may include book title, author, chapter title, and/or page number. They will be at the very top or bottom of the page. Remove these, including the page numbers and any extra blank lines.
  • If a line ends in a hyphenated word, move the first part of the following line up to rejoin the word, then insert a line break at the end of the rejoined word.
  • hap- pened
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  • happened
  • one blank line before each new paragraph, even if it starts at the top of a page
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Spanish/Verbs List - Wikibooks, open books for an open world - 0 views

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  • Abrir (to open)
  • Acordar (to agree upon)
  • Alquilar (to rent)
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  • Amar (to love)
  • Aprender (to learn)
  • Ayudar (to help)
  • Bailar (to dance)
  • Beber (to drink)
  • Besar (to kiss)
  • Buscar (to look for)
  • Caminar (to walk)
  • Cantar (to sing)
  • Casarse (to marry)
  • Celebrar (to celebrate)
  • Cerrar (to close)
  • Comer (to eat
  • Comprar (to purchase, to buy)
  • Comprender (to comprehend, to understand)
  • Conducir (to drive)
  • Contestar (to answer, to reply)
  • Correr (to run)
  • Cortar (to cut)
  • Costar (to cost)
  • Crear (to create)
  • Creer (to believe)
  • Cubrir (to cover)
  • Deber (to owe, should)
  • Decidir (to decide)
  • Desear (to desire, to wish)
  • Detener (to stop)
  • Discutir (to argue)
  • Distinguir (to distinguish)
  • Divertirse (to have fun)
  • Doler (to hurt)
  • Dormir (to sleep, go to sleep)
  • Enamorarse (to fall in love)
  • Encantar (to be delighted about) - gustar-type verb
  • Entender (to understand)
  • Entrar (to enter)
  • Escuchar (to listen)
  • Escribir (to write)
  • Esperar (to wait, to hope)
  • Esquiar (to ski)
  • Estar (to be)
  • Estudiar (to study)
  • Felicitar (to congratulate)
  • Ganar (to win, to earn)
  • Gustar (to like)
  • Hablar (to talk)
  • Hacer (to make, to do)
  • Hallar (to find)
  • Ir (to go)
  • Invitar (to invite)
  • Jugar (to play)
  • Lavar (to wash)
  • Leer (to read)
  • Llegar a ser (to become)
  • Levantar (to raise)
  • Llegar (to arrive)
  • Llevar (to bring, to carry)
  • Lograr (to accomplish)
  • Mirar (to look)
  • Morir (to die)
  • Nacer (to be born)
  • Nadar (to swim)
  • Necesitar (to need)
  • Obtener (to get, to obtain)
  • Recibir (to receive)
  • Saber (to know)
  • Sacar (to take out)
  • Salir (to leave, to go out)
  • Saludar (to greet)
  • Seguir (to follow)
  • Sentir (to feel)
  • Ser (to be)
  • Significar (to mean, to signify)
  • Soñar (to dream)
  • Tener (to have, to own)
  • Terminar (to finish, to end)
  • Tocar (to touch, to play an instrument)
  • Tomar (to take, to drink)
  • Trabajar (to work)
  • Traducir (to translate)
  • Traer (to bring)
  • Usar (to use)
  • Vender (to sell)
  • Venir (to come)
  • Ver (to see)
  • Viajar (to travel)
  • Visitar (to visit)
  • Vivir (to live)
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N. K. Jemisin « Transcriptase - 0 views

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  • To a member of a marginalized group, however, silence in response to bigotry can only be negative, because it connotes approval, or at best ambivalence.
  • I need to see pride in their eyes, not confusion or concern, when they look back at me. Hell, I need to be able to look myself in the eye, with my self-respect intact.
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Pseudocode - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • uses the structural conventions of a programming language, but is intended for human reading rather than machine reading.
  • augmented with natural language descriptions of the details, where convenient, or with compact mathematical notation.
  • The purpose of using pseudocode is that it is easier for humans to understand than conventional programming language code, and that it is a compact and environment-independent description of the key principles of an algorithm
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  • commonly used in textbooks and scientific publications that are documenting various algorithms, and also in planning of computer program development, for sketching out the structure of the program before the actual coding takes place.
  • No standard for pseudocode syntax exists, as a program in pseudocode is not an executable program. Pseudocode resembles, but should not be confused with, skeleton programs including dummy code, which can be compiled without errors.
  • Flowcharts can be thought of as a graphical alternative to pseudocode.
  • <variable> = <expression>
  • IF <condition> DO stuff; ELSE DO other stuff;
  • WHILE <condition> DO stuff;
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