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A few months ago an IP changed all the pronouns in the article to be gender neutral, explaining in their edit summary that Joan goes by "they" and is non-binary. Unfortunately they didn't provide a citation for that and my efforts to turn up a supporting reference all make note of Joan being referred to as "her", even in an interview where they discuss gender in their writing, and all our current references use "her" including one from 2022. Can anybody confirm that Joan strictly uses "they"? I'm not sure if they have social media or have posted on this in the past, I searched through Joan's blog at ultraphyte.com but didn't find anything one way or another. XeCyranium (talk) 20:38, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay I found a passage in her blog where she refers to herself as "she" so I'm now fairly certain the IP was mistaken. I'll change back the pronouns. XeCyranium (talk) 20:40, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well looking through the page history I now see that Joan has seemingly edited the page themself and made no change to the use of "they" over "she". Slonczewski would you be able to confirm somehow that you're Joan Slonczewski and whether you'd prefer to be referred to using gender neutral or feminine pronouns? XeCyranium (talk) 20:45, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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