Blogs and writing

I use my medium blog for two purposes: one is a public-facing blog for writing about pronouns as well as other issues in my life. The other is as a way for "debriefing" after I go to academic conferences; I'll exclude those links here, but they're included in my research page.

Posts about pronouns:

• How to do the absolute minimum (with pronouns)
• The problem with pronoun practices
• If you can't say something nice... is a guest post I wrote for Language Log. Please note that I was invited to do so by some editors of LL, but other editors of LL did not agree or approve of my post. There were a number of follow-ups written by various important people but I'm not linking them here.

Posts about other things:

I've written a couple blog posts about the process of writing - they're mostly informal, kind of personal, and focused on academic writing, but I've heard that they're helpful for people, so I'm happy to share them.

• so you’re abd and also you’re beginning to suspect you have undiagnosed adhd is a post about executive dysfunction in the late stages of grad school.
• Revision Sensitive Dysphoria is a post about how to do the difficult emotional regulation while revising your dissertation, or any other big piece of writing.

In the news

I'm available for interviews - if your outlet is writing about pronouns, non-binary identities, and language, contact me!

• Amelia Abraham from Vogue International talked to me about gender neutral pronouns: Gender neutral pronouns are important: Not everyone identifies with ‘he’ or ‘she’
• Katy Steinmetz from TIME talked to me about singular they: This Is Why Singular ‘They’ Is Such a Controversial Subject
• Iseabel Nance from UW Daily interviewed me about singular they: The issue of singular they is not grammatical, but social
• Olivia Doyle from the PLD Lamplighter interviewed me about singular they: They/Them/Their: Why Language Matters

Podcast guest spots

For some reason people love to have me as a guest on podcasts. I also love it! If you want me to be a guest on your podcast to talk about trans stuff, pronoun stuff, or academia stuff, please do contact me!

Public talks

Included here are public lectures and webinars and such. If you'd like me to speak at your organization, please contact me.

• I was a member on the panel for the LSA Webinar on LGBTQ+ Perspectives in Linguistics, a video recording of which is available here. Tyler says he mostly forgives me for going SO long over time.
• I gave public lecture about how pronouns are used for social goals, called Formalizing Pronouns at the Calgary Public Library. The event was open to the public; slides are here.
• I gave a talk in the Inspirational Speakers series for the University of Kent, called How to do things with gender