The curious thing about Jean-Luc Godard’s recent films is that (like good chili) they seem better the next day. This is particularly true of “Masculine Feminine,” which I like a great deal more at ...

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Following our discussion of some words with peculiar masculine-feminine characters last week, a member of the class sent a request that informed today’s topic. The fellow wants to know the difference ...

Women have always had a soft spot for men’s clothing. Suit jackets, trousers, button-ups, loafers, overcoats, and many military-inspired men’s garments have long been present in women’s wardrobes. A ...

Gender is a complex grammatical category as it conflates elements that are purely linguistic in nature as well as social and cognitive aspects of language use and processing. From a linguistic ...

Mark Zuckerberg wrapped up a very busy week of policy shifts — from scrapping DEI initiatives at Facebook to introducing recommendations for political content on Threads and Instagram — by appearing ...

There is a growing proportion of transgender and nonbinary people worldwide, and the practice of addressing this group by they/them pronouns and using their as a singular possessive pronoun is ...

Learning a language involves much more than vocabulary and grammar; language learners must also uncover the cultural values and ideologies embedded within the language itself. In the case of Romance ...

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Argentina’s President Javier Milei has banned the use of gender-inclusive language in the government, including in all official documents, the presidential spokesperson said Tuesday, as the far-right ...