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9th November 2021: #3 A Strange and Unusual Gender Expression

It's a strange feeling. Everywhere I go, I'm the first.

-Mark Watney

First neutral-lookin' member of staff on roll. First person with different pronouns in the department. First one to complete this task and walk the offices; first time anyone at this place has received feedback from a non-cis mind and mouth.

It's a hard one. I know I'm going to be measured against an idea of the whole - even worse is that I know anyone who comes afterwards is going to be measured against me. I need to be on top form. To make sure I don't give anyone an excuse to confirm their biases. Someone has to be the first, and it might as well be me. :(

23rd October 2024: #2 Article trawling

Found a great follow up piece by Deborah Tannen to her study on language use by gender in classrooms. I studied the main theory in school and it was nice to brush up on it whilst reading about her reflections on the data. I might see if I can find anything else similar and build myself a PDF library of pedagogy.

29th September 2024: #1 New month, new website revamp!

This domain has been mine for a long time and I've always struggled with finding a purpose for it. Think I've cracked the code, though - why have a purpose at all? I'm more likely to maintain it if I'm posting about things I love, without any kind of schedule or aim or obligation. Simple. Sometimes, the easiest way to get stuff done is to do it without worrying.

At the moment I'm thinking about pin badge content, books or films I've experienced, and some good old 'retro' web material. (Remember when you could surf the web without being bombarded by adverts? What a crazy idea!)

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