And we had a discussion around the fact that language changes all the time. Language means different things. We don't always use it to objectify something to someone. But using it to describe a person obviously is to objectify somebody or in a derogatory way. But we also use it in other ways. Like if we see a cute little animal, we might say, oh, isn't that cute? It's so cute. And so we don't just use it for an object
Sontaia Briggs
@PKBriggs · 0:53
I have to admit, that is a bit a little strange to me. And I don't mean to be, like, mean or anything. And if it was me, I probably just default to your name because I don't think I would feel comfortable referring to someone as it's. It just doesn't feel right. And I don't have, like, an intellectual argument or anything. It just doesn't feel right. But again, thank you. This was curious
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 4:05
But one thing that was brought up was the fact that we shouldn't be changing ourselves. We shouldn't be expecting one person to change themselves to suit other people and living a life to suit other people. But recognizing that use of language can make things uncomfortable. I just found the whole thing very interesting. And thank you so much for your response, because again, I can understand why using the pronoun it could feel uncomfortable
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 4:50
And now a lot of people are reclaiming that and myself included and referring to being queer as any other sexuality as another label to describe sexuality and reclaiming that. So I wonder whether at some point we will get to a stage where it won't be used as a derogatory term anymore. But we do still have some getting it still takes from getting used to