“Pronouns in bio: A site of empowerment, validation, struggle, performance, distraction, and corporate rainbow washing?”, Laura Paterson, Open University, UK

I begin my presentation by putting current pronoun-sharing practices in political and theoretical context, briefly discussing the current political debate surrounding these practices and comparing

In this paper, I consider sharing one’s pronouns as an act that asserts self-knowledge and positions oneself in relation to an addressee and a shared social landscape: see me this way, interact with

In this talk, I wish to give a quick overview of the quite recent ‘pronoun sharing’ trend from a linguistic and pragmatic perspective, going through the new collocations and semantic shifts of the

This talk explores the complex role of pronouns in the negotiation of (socio)linguistic justice, leading to the argument that the success of trans-affirming language depends on a broader

Comedians on TikTok frequently show videos of their crowd work, where they ask questions to the attendees. While this is not part of their structured stand-up, it allows for spontaneous interaction

In this paper, I combine autoethnographic reflections with an exploration of epistemic injustice (e.g. Berenstain, 2016; Davis, 2016; Fricker, 2007; Pohlhaus, 2014) to consider how the persistent

For this study, I extracted and analyzed Reddit comments featuring pronoun declarations within their user flairs, the optional descriptors displayed alongside usernames. The goal was to identify a

Queerly reshaped pronouns, forms and narrative strategies are flourishing in contemporary non-binary, trans and queer literature. From singular ‘they’ to ‘it’ to neopronouns to the collective voice of

This paper gives an account of mock pronouns as a (predominantly digital) discursive practice. The rise of pronouns and pronominal discourse as a gender-inclusive practice has been accompanied by

Since pronoun sharing has been associated with different political stances from virtue signaling to trans liberation (see e.g. Manion 2018; de Freitas 2021; King & Crowley 2024), it is clear that they

I would like to compare two second wave French feminists’ thought and LGBTQIA+ theorizing and practice regarding pronouns and ponder their possible interactions. My focus will be the work of Luce

Our paper aims to explore pronoun practices and flexibility among Swiss non-binary individuals, by elucidating the factors influencing the pronoun usage of Swiss non-binary people, discerning the