For the plural, the pronouns are supposed to be elles instead of ellas or ellos, and the les instead of los or las. So llama-les if you are talking about two or more gender neutral people and llama-le if you are talking about one.

The gender neutral attempts in Spanish would not be plural in the first place so you…

Deen was never considered feminist porn. That’s a designator about the industry- how the porn is filmed, marketed, directed, how the actors are treated etc. Deen was considered a porn actor in porn that is generally geared towards female audiences- so his scenes were filmed more as things that women would (supposedly) …

Frodo, while being overly serious about silly things is usually my favorite form of absurdity, I’m not amused by this conversation and will therefore drop out of it.

There are attempts to make new pronouns (elle is one example) and then to change the adjective or noun or article from o/a to gender neutral e. So “ella es una bailarina talentosa” would become “elle es une bailarine talentose” best I understand. Hopefully someone will come along and answer who knows better, but I…

I don’t see how a writer’s personal conceptualization (getting into the head space of a character) changes how the intended demographic will view that character. It’s a normal approach for writers, actors, etc to create backstories for their characters in their heads to help them get into this frame of mind. It’s…

All I can do is cut and paste from my post to which you were originally responding:

I do wonder with airlines in particular if the people on the frontlines of customer service issues are ordered to never involve managers. It’s so hard to get past them- they are like a brick wall of help refusal. And since they are in an airport, it’s difficult to push past them to get anything done because the…

Sure you would. Then you would pick up a microphone and tell them off. Then drop the mic and walk out. The crowd around you would applause and throw roses. And then you would wake up back to reality in which you would passive aggressively respond to the customer and roll your eyes and do nothing at all.

It always feels like airline employees’ main job is to shut down any conversations and refuse to offer any services until the situation disappears.

I’m not sure what discussion you are trying to have here. I’m responding to an article about people losing their careers over sexual harassment. There’s a world of bad behavior beyond sexual harassment, but that’s not the conversation I’m interested in having. Most work places clearly outline what sexual harassment…

Don’t pretend like most companies do not have very clear definitions of workplace harassment. The crisis is not around people losing their careers over nothing. It’s around the opposite.

None of those examples sleep together. It’s the bedroom sharing that makes Bert and Ernie seem particularly gay.

Stepping out of puppet world and into my own (which is bicultural and not American exclusively), I think throughout most of history, it was very common for men have physically affectionate relationships…

By the time Drew was her age, she was already in rehab. And it’s worth pointing out that one of the people who helped her out of her self destructive phase was an older male musician mentor. 

It’s totally normal for 19 and 16 year olds to date each other. 

While this is hilarious, we must also note the difference between reality and fiction. But I’ll play along.

I think adults can have a mentoring relationship with teens- some teens are smart and mature and can bring a lot to an adult friendship, especially if they share common interests. As a teen, I had adult friends…

Umm... 1) I’m commenting on this article, not something linked to another website. You could go start a conversation there if that’s what you want to talk about. 2) We are talking about puppets.

“Refuse”? “Basis for commenting”? ha ha ha I was under the impression that it was fun to talk about a show we watched as…

Nope I didn’t read anything but this article. Doesn’t sound like he actually wrote anything new though- they’ve had the dynamic of Ernie driving Bert nuts even though they love each other. For example, sketches I remember from the 80s off the top of my head: them in bed at night while Ernie repeatedly complained about…

The impeachment passed in the Senate which means he faced trial for the perjury charge. He was acquitted. In the House, the impeachment failed in the first place. He then continued his presidency.

Sorry I guess not. I don’t see what you are talking about. I read the article that we are commenting on. Are you talking about something else? I did not go to any of the linked pages.

Yeah, I’m guessing it was a distressingly commonplace harassment back in the day of landlines.

In my case, the guy likely did not know who he was calling. He asked for a “Judy” which is not the name of anyone in my family but is the name of someone who was a friend of our family and who could’ve been at my house at one…