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Gender Reveal

Episode 13: Kirby Conrod

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

Lgbtq, Documentary, Queer, Personal Journals, Gender, Nonbinary, Society & Culture, Genderqueer, Transgender, Trans

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Tuck speaks with Kirby Conrod (they/them), a PhD candidate in linguistics. Among other subjects, Kirby specifically studies the use of they/them pronouns. Topics include:

  • Tips for folks who struggle with they/them pronouns.
  • Reasons why those folks might be struggling more than other people.
  • Being a nonbinary person in academia.
  • Coming into a nonbinary identity in Taiwan.
  • What is syntax?!?

Read more about our This Week in Gender topic here and here.

Read Kirby’s Medium post: “How to do the absolute minimum (with pronouns)”.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, Welcome to Gender Review

0:15.0

to Gender Reveal, a podcast where we ask intrusive personal questions

0:19.2

and hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding

0:21.1

what the hell Gender is. I'm your host and resident

0:24.0

gender detective Molly Woodstock.

0:27.0

Hey I'm back. I hope everyone had a good time last week listening to the Trans-specific

0:38.0

partnership podcast in Yasey Smond's interview with Asher. This week we're back to

0:42.3

business as usual with an interview with

0:44.1

linguist Kirby Conrob.

0:45.9

Kirby uses syntax and sociolinguistics to figure out why some people are

0:49.7

so good at using singular they pronouns and some people are so bad at it. I learned so much and

0:56.0

I'm stoked to share this interview with you. I did not sell any ads this week because I was on vacation.

1:01.7

So until further notice this podcast is

1:03.8

purely supported by our very generous Patreon donors. Your support is

1:08.0

literally the only reason I am still able to make the show and I cannot express how much I appreciate your health. I was finally able to pay

1:16.1

Liza for co-editing the first nine episodes of the podcast which felt awesome and I'm excited to keep

1:22.0

being able to give her money.

1:23.6

Thanks to you giving us money.

1:24.8

I really, really appreciate it.

1:26.8

Because I appreciate you all so very much,

1:28.7

I want to send a special prize to anyone who

1:30.9

donates $5 or more in the month of April.

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