Religious Liberty Isn’t a Given in Kathy Hochul’s New York Audio By Carbonatix Friends, I have a piece in the current National Review on the curious and contentious matter of pronouns. I thought I ...

Pronouns are what you use to address other people when you’re not using names. The most common pronouns are she/her/hers, they/them/theirs, and he/him/his. For many cisgender people — folks whose ...

In her doctoral dissertation, Laura Hekanaho investigates attitudes towards English third person singular pronouns. The use of pronouns is very politicized. Laura Hekanaho takes an in-depth look at ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Philosophers of language spend a lot of time debating the ins and outs of the semantics of names. I am a linguist ...

The nature of language is that it's constantly evolving—phrases that pervaded pop culture decades ago lose relevancy as new ones emerge. (When was the last time you said "far out" unironically?

The Cartoon Network, a television channel geared toward kids until primetime, tweeted a video commemorating Transgender Day of Visibility Thursday. "Addressing someone using their pronouns and name ...

Remember the last time you disagreed with someone? How many times did you hurl an accusatory ‘you’ at them? Or did 'me' and 'I' take center stage? These little function words can be surprisingly ...

With Demi Lovato revealing that they are non-binary and using they/them pronouns, it’s a good time to make sure you’re up to speed on pronoun etiquette. Because the English language lacks ...

What are pronouns? Pronouns are words that are used to replace a noun. They can also be used to refer to specific people in place of their name. Personal pronouns refer to the pronoun a person uses ...

Remember the last time you disagreed with someone? How many times did you hurl an accusatory ‘you’ at them? Or did 'me' and 'I' take center stage? These little function words can be surprisingly ...