8 Feb
2023
8 Feb
'23
2:03 p.m.
ContraDB defaults to this set of role terms. If you create a username, you
can login and set your preference to whatever arbitrary thing you want.
I would advise against using these terms. At first, they seemed like a
playful way to poke fun at gendered assumptions in the language we use. A
decade on, they might seem like trollery inasmuch as they would disappoint
partisans of any position in the gender role term discussion.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2023, 12:31 K P via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hey all,
As I was researching a response to Amy's (Wimmer) Rompin' Stompin'
question, I happened across dances transcribed/written by Chris Page (I
note Chris has slso responded Amy's thread) and renewed acquaintance with
the gentlespoons/ladles terms.
E.g. https://contradb.com/dances/1372
Does anyone use those terms while calling?
I've not yet returned to contra (pandemic) so haven't yet faced adapting
to the rising avian terminology, but Chris's terms, while a little
humourous to my mind, seem quite logical. (I suppose there is the risk that
gentlespoons is, necessarily, abbreviated to... you know).
No, I'm start trying to start a movement! :) I'm just curious.
Ken Panton
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