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Preferred pronouns on the shelf

November 29, 2015 by John

While doing my capitalist duty this weekend, I noticed that there actually is a benefit to those annoying Elf on the Shelf dolls (aside, of course, from social control):

Elf on the Shelf

They can be used to introduce your children to the idea of preferred pronouns (note the upper right corner of the box) and the fact that not everybody is cisgender! Not a bad “new family tradition” to adopt!

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Posted in Gender, Social Economics | Tagged Cisgender, Elf on the Shelf, Memoirs of a SLACer, Preferred Pronouns | 3 Comments

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  1. on December 8, 2015 at 9:02 pm ELF ON THE SHELF! | Memoirs of a SLACer

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