The Infinite Intimate - Kate Howe’s Substack

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La chaise, la silla, la sedia, a cadeira, & pessoa

La chaise, la silla, la sedia, a cadeira, & pessoa

a spontaneous performative response to gendered nouns and the thread of memory.

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Nov 04, 2023
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This morning, I read an article in the Guardian about the challenges of re-gendering language across Europe. I thought of my body; I looked at a chair and thought, “That is a woman.” Then, “I must go find work clothes and a chair I can carry.”

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