Dead Pronouns Society

Masc cheese? Femme potatoes? How do we navigate German's built-in gender binary?

This week, I go into how Germany grapples with their lack of clear non-binary gender pronouns. I discuss how Germany voted against using gender-neutral terms in government, why making up new words in German is super hard, and ask how language still reflects a patriarchal hierarchy? Digressions include a Freudian relationship to Angela Merkel and antics at Roman bars…