#teacher ask

[carewyncromwell]

Jackson and Matilda, please?

Hogwarts's Deputy Headmistress actually knew of Jackson long before his other professors. As Deputy Headmistress, it was her responsibility to write to all those students who the Book of Admittance had chosen to attend Hogwarts each year, and one of those such students was Jackson. You can imagine Matilda Weasley's shock and concern when -- after sending Jackson's letter to the address on file for Cassandra Knightly -- she received a letter back from Cassandra's father, Everard Knightly, explaining that his grandson had been kidnapped by his Muggle father the previous year and taken to places unknown. Matilda followed up with the Ministry of Magic about this, and sure enough, a case file had been opened, but with no further leads, it had gone cold and there was no indication of where poor Jackson might be. Matilda was heartbroken by the news and actually sent several letters to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement over the next two years, pressuring them to keep looking for Jackson, just as Everard had been. Fortunately, after nearly three years of separation from his mother, twelve-year-old Jackson was discovered in New York City thanks to the efforts of one Adelia Selwyn @thatravenpuffwitch and the MACUSA. Matilda was very relieved by the news, and quickly set about preparing the new arrival to start his second year at Hogwarts.

One could argue Matilda Weasley was predisposed to like Jackson from the offset, just because of everything he'd suffered through prior to getting to school, but this isn't wholly true. Jackson just turned out to be a rather amiable, charming boy -- upon first meeting Matilda Weasley at the Knightly estate before he started at Hogwarts, Jackson immediately bowed to her, offered to take her cloak, and even brewed up a pot of tea for her, his mother, his grandfather, and himself, without any prompting. Matilda was also both startled and awed when Jackson ended up moving the furniture around the room and even conjuring a white rose out of thin air for his mother, all without a wand. Matilda was quick to caution Jackson about using wandless magic, given the risk of becoming an Obscurus -- a warning she'd have to give him several more times in his school career -- but she could already see that this young man had extraordinary magical talent, especially for her own subject, Transfiguration. When Jackson started at school officially, he soon became one of Matilda's most gifted students, acing just about every Transfiguration assignment he was ever given. Matilda would've probably sung Jackson's praises as a student if it weren't also for him constantly breaking school rules. Sneaking into Hogsmeade; exploring forbidden corridors; breaking into the Headmaster's Office and the Restricted Section; finding dangerous creatures in the Forbidden Forest; sparking duels in the corridors -- Matilda quite frequently arranged for Jackson to serve his detentions with her, just so she could make sure the other professors (like his Head of House, Abraham Ronen) wouldn't go too easy on him and she could bend his ear off about him squandering his potential and defying authority just because he thought he could get away with it.

As Jackson grew older, though, he grew a little wiser and more responsible, to the point that he decided he wanted to go into politics, to make a real difference in the world. Matilda was very encouraged to hear that Jackson hd earned a place on the Minister's support staff while still a young adult and was even more pleased when Jackson became Minister for Magic. She even attended Jackson and Monty's wedding at the Knightly estate. The two did end up having something of a falling-out, though, when Jackson made the decision to actively keep the British Wizarding World out of World War I -- the Weasleys in general, being both so strongly pro-Muggle-rights and unafraid of conflict or battle, were all vocally opposed to the decision, and Matilda was no exception. She even condemned Jackson in a letter at one point, saying that she would never have imagined he could be so blinded by the fears of his past that he'd place a higher value on the Statute of Secrecy than on his constituents' families' lives. After Grindelwald's rise to power, however, Jackson earned back Matilda's favor when he publicly, candidly, and passionately rebuked Grindelwald and his ideals, regardless of anyone else's opinions on the matter. The now elderly retired professor even Transfigured a letter into a paper owl to ensure it reached Jackson at the Ministry, in which she applauded his courage and admitted that she'd always admired how Jackson had never allowed his father's cruelty to blind him with hatred toward all Mugglekind, let alone the world and Fate overall. Later that decade, Jackson was one of many attendees to Matilda Weasley's funeral, and when asked to speak, spoke very fondly of his ex-professor --

"In some ways at school, she was very much like what I've heard many mothers are, for their children. I do very much love my own mother -- but Professor Weasley tried so very hard to try to 'keep me in line,' back then, as it were. And yet, even then, it was like I was doing a high-wire act for her, while doing it -- performing in front of the whole world, showcasing my potential for everyone to see and towering higher than I ever could've, if she hadn't kept me walking that straight and narrow wire. ...I am grateful, truly grateful, that I got to know such a talented witch...a brilliant professor...and a remarkable woman. So let us, when next we enjoy our favorite drink, surrounded by those who push us to be better with their mere presence...take a moment to toast our dearly departed professor. To Matilda Weasley."

Teacher Ask!

#teacher ask #matilda weasley #hphl #jackson knightly #about jackson #cassandra knightly #everard knightly #adelia selwyn

[bradshawsbaby]

High school special Ed teacher here- what do your breaks look like during school? I’m always curious what other schools/ states do. We went back the first week of august but we will have a two week fall break the first two weeks of October. Then we will have two weeks off in March for spring break

Our breaks are kind of scattered here in NYC. We get a few days off here and there in the fall for certain Jewish holidays, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, etc. Our first long break isn’t until Christmas (we only get off Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving).

After that, we get a week off in February and then another week off for spring break in April. We also get some other sporadic days off for different national/religious holidays.

Our school year starts after Labor Day and goes through the end of June.

#teacher stuff #teacher ask

[therealmofamorus]

Type: Ask

AU: Alpha Stud College Teacher AU- Highschool Reunion AU

Summary of the Question: Princess Peach. How is your thick booty doing after Link was done with it? And is it true that he made those cheeks clap all night long in different parts of the school?

“That brute made it hard to sit down for a while.” Peach grumbled as she squirmed in her seat. “And I think you already know the answer already.” She added as she looked at @superstar97 with deadpan annoyance.

#super mario bros series #super mario bros series smut #princess zelda #legend of zelda #legend of zelda smut #link loz #alpha male stud au #alpha male stud ask #college au #college ask #teacher au #teacher ask #highschool reunion au ask #highschool reunion au #crossover au #crossover ask

[disableddyke]

#disability #ableism #disabled #meme #had a teacher who would always make this autistic girl feel stupid whenever she asked questions and would respond loud enough for the class #to hear the annoyance in her voice #catch on fire <3 #greatest hits #10k #15k #20k #30k

[gouinisme]

#signed a former muslim in a mostly muslim area who didnt know people were actually taught that santa existed for the longest time #throwback to the time our white primary school teacher asked what we wanted from santa claus and we were all like. ma'am what do you mean #santa's not real did you think santa was real? #and she had to try her best to protect the like 2 white kids in the class from learning santa doesnt exist #poll #christmas

[inkskinned]

one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.

one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.

i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.

the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.

my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.

i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.

#writeblr #i was doing a lot with high school students. over and over again #other teachers kept asking me what i was doing differently - why the kids listened to me. i am not particularly foreboding #and i have a pretty firm personal policy of never reacting in anger #godhelpme. #i was always kind of taken aback #because in general the kids were pretty easy. i explained i needed to keep everything “PG-13” because this was my workplace #and it was kind of their workplace #too. besides #i love swearing #and since i couldn't swear #neither could they - so if they were going to say “fuck” or become violent #they needed to choose a really specific time #because we only get “the one”.. sure enough - nobody wanted to waste the one very specific “fuck” utterance. kids listened. #i think just because - that rule makes sense. the kids understand that i don't want to be unfair to them #that censorship is stupid #but that i'm under these rules too so like let's ride it out together #also i look young and tbh between me and u nobody wants to make the nice english teacher cry #the way these kids defended me to their friends was really genuinely so heartwarming bc the Grouchy Frat Boy #would be like MISS RAQUEL DOESN'T DESERVE THAT KIND OF AN ATTITUDE BRO DON'T TALK BACK TO HER

[bonchobrick]

I just want a fic where Danny and Jason are just fucking laughing so hard they’re wheezing and bawling as they make death jokes while everyone else is SO uncomfortable

Like they’re full on cackling like Danny will say “We’re not allowed in certain rooms”

Jason will b like ‘what rooms’

Danny will say ‘living rooms’

And they both start dying (metaphorically) of laughter slapplin the counter crying while dick is trying real hard not to shatter the mug in his hands with a constipated expression that rivals Bruce’s a seat away from him (+bonus points if the joke is something that is on the verge of being utterly lame like a near science pun)

(I dunno if a lot of people will see this post but if you do please I’m begging you add a death joke guys please it would be so funny)

#dp x dc #dc x dp #danny phantom #jason todd #jason peter todd #danny fenton #danny x jason #I guess? #they can b really close ghost buddies I don’t mind #batfam #batman #dick is this close to losing it every time danny says ‘man I slept like the dead last night’ #danny and jason evry time someone asks them to explain themselves: #dead man shenanigans you know how it is #I love science puns #because they’re awful and I can imagine my teacher giggling at it while teachin #dead on main #red hood #veerliwrites

[kitty-bluu]

Wish I was one of those cute little anime girls but like... the ones that get r@ped by a teacher behind her boyfriends back and mindfucked for weeks and weeks until they're addicted to their cock can't think anymore and only exists as a set of holes and gets gangbanged by the teacher and his pervy friends...... is that too much to aaassskk

#1cky thoughts #1cky daughter #1cky daddy #1cky little #send 1cky asks #1cky princess #rough cnc #humiliation kink #cnc stalking #piss k1nk #teacher crush #mind break #r@pe k1nk #r@petoy

[carewyncromwell]

Jacob Cromwell and Magonagall for the teacher ask?

Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall was simultaneously impressed and frustrated with young Jacob Cromwell, from the moment he arrived in his first class with her. Never before had McGonagall encountered a student who had memorized the entire Transfiguration alphabet before even entering her classroom, let alone mastered new Transfiguration spells so quickly or managed to use Switching Spells on themselves so as to quasi-"Apparate" around his opponents during Wizard duels. Even James Potter -- a similarly talented student in Transfiguration -- didn't show the same amount of creativity in the subject as Jacob Cromwell did. And well, McGonagall really liked that about Jacob, just as much as the other teachers did -- he loved learning so much that he was a joy for just about any professor to teach.

And yet for all of Jacob's talent and infectious enthusiasm for learning, he also was terrible at interacting with other people, often coming across as arrogant, obnoxious, and insensitive to other people's feelings. As McGonagall would explain to Jacob's sister Carewyn later on, because Jacob never had to struggle academically, he never developed empathy for those who were less talented or intelligent than him, nor developed much of a desire to help or mentor others. This made it so Jacob's friend circle always remained restrained to just Duncan Ashe and Olivia Green and -- in McGonagall's opinion -- Jacob was held back from truly growing as a person, since he never spent time being challenged by people with lives and world views completely different from his own. Duncan and Olivia may have occasionally reined Jacob in from really hurting himself, but they still encouraged him in rulebreaking, and the three of them together still decided to deal with the Cursed Vaults completely on their own, while still only mere students. Jacob, Olivia, and Duncan taking on such a burden is admittedly something that McGonagall deeply regrets -- but with the Wizarding War getting worse and worse by the day outside Hogwarts's walls, it was difficult for the teachers to give the Vaults all the focus they needed. And since Dumbledore and other teachers theorized the Vaults were acting up because of Voldemort's rise to power (a theory that turned out to be incorrect), the thought process among the staff was that dealing with the Dark Lord would also negate the threat posed by the Cursed Vaults.

After Olivia mysteriously disappeared, Duncan was killed in a Potions accident, and Jacob was expelled before vanishing without a trace, many teachers immediately thought the worst of Jacob, and sadly, McGonagall didn't vocally defend Jacob from those accusations as passionately as Flitwick did, however out of character they seemed. She had a lot of trouble believing that a boy with such a strong love for his family and friends could align himself with Voldemort's old supporters...but at the same time, McGonagall had also been unpleasantly taken aback when one of her own ex-Gryffindors, the similarly charming, brilliant rulebreaker Sirius Black, was accused of the murder of his best friend and his wife. Jacob had had very negative feelings toward his Muggle father -- could that have had more of an impact on him than people thought? And before he'd vanished, Jacob had become considerably more withdrawn and secretive, and his health had been visibly deteriorating.

McGonagall did confront Dumbledore at one point about the rationale for Jacob's expulsion, and Dumbledore gave her a very understated explanation, saying that Jacob had aligned himself with people who he knew little about, but who posed Hogwarts active harm, so long as they pursued the Cursed Vaults. This prompted McGonagall to wonder if perhaps Jacob's obsession with the Vaults had gotten him in over his head, to the point that he'd gotten himself killed. For Carewyn's sake, she sincerely hoped that wasn't the case -- for McGonagall had become rather fond of Jacob's sister Carewyn as a student, and she desperately hoped that the young Slytherin wouldn't have to mourn her brother the way Minerva had her husband.

Fortunately Jacob was ultimately exonerated with the defeat and capture of Charles Cromwell and the rest of R, and McGonagall was present for Jacob and Carewyn's graduation in the spring of 1991. The doubts about Jacob's loyalties were a burden McGonagall was glad to be rid of, and she was very pleased to bestow a certificate of excellence upon Jacob for getting O's on all twelve of his NEWTs. Jacob was actually so overwhelmed with happiness that day that he actually hugged McGonagall, which startled her thoroughly. But seeing Jacob that day with the slightly larger social circle he'd formed for himself -- his sister Carewyn, his mother Lane, Olivia Green, Madame Rosmerta, Filius Flitwick -- McGonagall couldn't help but smile. Jacob was finally starting to open up emotionally and connect with people who could really help him grow. Maybe now he truly could become as great as he always dreamed of being.

Teacher Ask!

#hphm #hogwarts mystery #jacob cromwell #minerva mcgonagall #teacher ask #carewyn cromwell #albus dumbledore #sirius black #yes obviously mcgonagall learns the truth about sirius too eventually but even so #if sirius could betray the potters jacob abandoning his family didn't seem so implausible to minnie :'( #as terrible as she thought it would be

[morganbritton132]

…… this is Eddie rn……..

Eddie is a menace to society in general, but also specifically to his PR team. Once he knows that he can stir up a lot of drama by being vague about Steve’s job, he’s going to do it.

Of course, he is.

He once took a call mid-live interview because Steve was calling him like, “Oh, my husband is calling. He must be at recess. Hold on.”

He then proceeded to say on a hot mic, “What’s up, big boy?”

Eddie once said on a live-streamed game of D&D that Steve couldn’t join them because he was “doing homework.” Steve was working on a lesson plan in the literal same room as him.

Eddie was a featured guest at a convention and Steve was supposed to go with him but woke up that morning feeling off so he decided to stay behind at the hotel. Eddie obviously wasn’t going to tell people Steve’s private information so he said instead that Steve couldn’t come because, “He’s got a bad case of summer school.”

Without fail, someone inevitably takes the statement in the stupidest possible direction and Eddie gets a strongly-worded email from his PR Manager telling him to knock it off but also to clean up his mess. So, Eddie gets to shove a camera in Steve’s face to prove that while his husband is aging gracefully and beautifully, he is definitely not eighteen.

“Right, baby?” Eddie asks.

Steve pushes the camera out of his face so he can go back to cooking, “Right.”

“That was a pretty good explanation, right?” Eddie continues. Steve hums back in response so he asks, “What grade am I, Mr. Harrington?”

Steve, who is tired of his work friends making fun of him over this, doesn’t even look up from his cutting board to tell Eddie, “You’re a grade-A dick.”

#The other teachers keep stopping Steve in the hall and asking if he has a hallpass #or asking what a minor is doing in the teacher's lounge every time he's trying to reheat his coffee #It's funny...the first time #But Steve has resigned himself to this being his life until Eddie gets bored of the bit #eddie munson tiktok saga #eddie munson #steve harrington

[therealmofamorus]

Ask Crossover Original Male College Student AU Threeway Rough sex: “Librarian Lisa, of the girls in Stufent Issei’s harem, which one do you enjoy the most?”

“Fufufu.” Lisa giggle huskily. “My favorite one I like to enjoy would be Akeno for her taste and Asia for her adorable reaction.” The voluptuous librarian replied, touching her breasts with a erotic mewl.

#highschool dxd #highschool dxd smut #asia argento #akeno himejima #genshin impact #genshin impact smut #lisa genshin impact #crossover au #crossover ask #college au #college ask #original male stud au #original male stud ask #teacher au #teacher ask #student au #student ask

[jjks-dodo]

okay hear me out hear me out, gojo coming back from a super long (like 2 week) exorcism expedition and he's just super tired and immediately goes to recharge his battery by going into geto's classroom (aka everything is fine au) and just plops into his lap and cuddles into him for the entirety of the class suguru teaches. nobara yuuji and megumi look on with various degrees of disgust on their face kasjdh (well not yuuji that much)

gaaaaaaaw that's such a cute hc 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

#ask #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #geto suguru #gojo satoru #getogojo #sugusato #jjk teacher au

[halfa-failure]

iPad practice </3

#danny phantom #digital art #dp #danny fenton #art #sketch #asked my teacher for a band name and she said nirvana so here we are #screaming crying throwing up #dp fanart #phanart #meow #my art #halfa-failure #procreate

[tieflingpride]

Kipperlilly Kettlefucker: I think some students get special treatment with adventures and that’s unfair

The Bad Kids, traumatised from their adventures and are on the verge of being expelled: uh huh yep totally

#four dog names really gotta understand that they didn’t ask for this #kipperlilly copperkettle #dimension 20 #d20 fhjy #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #d20 #also special treatment is on the teachers and not on the kids

[critter-covenant]

Class is in session!

Idea inspired from this that I've been meaning to draw for the past few days

#He'd be a half decent teacher except every other time someone tries to ask him a question outside of lectures he's asleep #Part time math teacher full time sleeper 👊👊 #ever so slightly lazier quality because I was tired when making this #Nearly fell asleep at my desk thrice oops #No sleep only catnap #Less lazy work when exam prep stops kicking my ass after late May yahoo #Still don't know how to draw critters from a behind and over the shoulder angle I'll figure that out someday #Going to bed first tho night chat👋 #poppy playtime fanart #poppy playtime chapter 3 #poppy playtime #smiling critters fanart #smiling critters #catnap #dogday #bobby bearhug #hoppy hopscotch #kickinchicken #Minor piggy and bubba not enough to tag me thinks #The critters playing school together and each one takes on the role of a different teacher for a while #he just has the patience for math

[gay-impressionist]

Hi! I’m starting to learn French and one thing that’s both cool and weird to me is how everything is gendered in a way (referring to someone/whose saying the statement/etc.) and I was wondering how that relates to people who identity as non-binary or gender fluid in France? Are there equivalents to they/them pronouns or neo pronouns in French?

I do plan on doing my own research about this but I figured since I love your blog and you’re really open about different cultural lgbtq+ communities I’d try here first!

That's an awesome question... with a complicated answer lmao. So buckle up and bear with me !

Basically, you can't be non-binary in French. The community found ways to do it but it's not mainstream. Most of the time, they're going to get misgendered or will have to misgender themselves to get understood.

Some things I'm going to list here are not proper French. Actually, they can even be forbidden in some circumstances, according to the law (the use of inclusive language, and more specifically le point médian, was made illegal in schools in 2021 for ex) or simply because your company etc forbids it. So use this wisely, there is a time and place for inclusive language in France.

That said, things have greatly developed over the last two decades. Which was partly because of the queer community and mainly because of feminists, who are tired of the way French erases women. More and more people are using inclusive language, at least in some circumstances and circles (for ex, i wrote my master's thesis in inclusive language and it was accepted bc i was in a leftist faculty). And inclusive language is debated as a serious issue now, which is saying something.

So, how do you use inclusive language in practice?

There are different ways, as it's informal and mostly new. People are still testing new things and trying out various methods. You can stick to one or alternate or mix them up.

Pronouns

Officially, there isn't a gender neutral pronoun. We don't have an equivalent to they. You're either talking about a man or a woman. If it's both, you use masculine pronouns ("masculine trumps feminine" rule). Same thing if you don't know the gender of the person ("masculin générique").

The most common neopronoun is "iel" (plural : iels), which is obviously a contraction of the masculine pronoun "il" and its feminine equivalent "elle". It works for nb folks or to avoid talking about someone's gender or to refer to a group of men and women. So it's equally used by the queer community and feminists.

I'm pretty sure other neopronouns exist but I can't think of any at the top of my head.

Choosing the right words

Sometimes, inclusive language is just about learning to use alternatives.

Instead of using gendered words, you can choose to use gender-neutral words or words "épicènes", aka words which are identical in their feminine and masculine form. For ex, instead of "homme politique" or "femme politique", you can use "personnalité politique". Personnalité is a feminine word but it's actually gender-neutral as you can use it for women and men alike. "Élève" (student) is épicène, as a female student and a male student are both referred to as "élève". Although épicène words as a gender-neutral option only work in their plural form, as you have to choose either a feminine or masculine article for the singular ("les élèves" is inclusive but it can only be "un" or "une" élève).

As good as this method is, it can be quite limitating. Your vocabulary will be drastically reduced and it can be quite hard to master that kind of speech so you can reach the point where you don't have to think everything over for ages before you open your mouth.

With oral French, you can take it a step further by choosing words that sound the same even if they have a different spelling. Ex, friend is "ami" or "amie" but it's pronounced the same way so if you say it out loud, people can't know how you're gendering it (as long as there isn't a gendered article/word with it ofc).

It avoids misgendering people but the downside is that, as masculine is considered neutral in French, people will often think : no gender specified = masculine. Not even because they're sexist or whatever, it's just so ingrained in our brains that it's a knee-jerk reaction.

That's also why most feminists often prefer to use explicitly feminine words when talking about women. For ex, they prefer the word "autrice" to "auteure" (female writer) because the second one sounds the same as its masculine version "auteur". And as previously mentionned, out loud, people will assume by default you're talking about a man. It's a big debate though, lots of women prefer words that sound masculine - going as far as refusing to use feminine words at all! Which sounds cool and gender-bending as fuck but in reality comes from feminine words traditionally seen as less legitimate and serious. Even today, if you look up the word empress "impératrice" in a French dictionary, the first definition that comes up is "wife of an emperor". "Woman ruling a country" comes second. Using a masculine title to refer to women can also be a way to mock them and show they're not welcome (a french deputy got fined in 2014 because he called the female president of the national assembly "Madame le président" and refused to use the feminine title "Madame la présidente").

Recently the tendency and official guidelines have been to feminize words, so I'd say go with that by default, but respect other people's choice if they specify how they want to be called.

Anyway I'm getting off-track but what I meant was that in French, if you avoid talking about gender, you're automatically erasing women (and nb people). So if you want to include everyone, you need to make it obvious.

Inclusivity as a statement

The most common way to make women and men equally visible is the "point médian" rule, which you can also use to refer to non-binary people as it avoids picking a specific gender.

Basically, it means pasting together the masculine and feminine forms of a word and using dots/middle dots/hyphens/parentheses/capital letters to create an inclusive word. For ex, instead of saying acteur (♂️) or actrice (♀️) for actor, you'll write "acteur.ice". For the plural form, there are two schools of thought : either you separate the feminine and masculine form AND the suffix used to signify the plural, or you don't. Aka, "acteur.ice.s" or "acteur.ices". Personally I prefer the second option because less dots makes it easier to read and faster to write, but it's an individual choice, both work.

There are two major downsides to this method : it only works in writing + it isn't doable for every word, as feminine and masculine words can be quite different and pasting them together that way would be unintelligible. Ex, "copain" and "copine" (friend or boyfriend/girlfriend depending on the context) would give something like "cop.ain.ine"...

You can work around that by choosing alternative words (as previously stated!). And it's still a pretty good method, especially as it works for any type of word (adjectives etc). Some people argue that it's hard to read and ugly but personally I think it's just a matter of habit (although it does pose a problem for people using screen readers). Be aware that it is the most controversial version of inclusive writing, as it's the furthest structure from how languages typically work.

If you don't like dots or want an alternative for oral speech, you can also straight up create new words that sound both feminine and masculine, making them gender-neutral. To use the previous example, "copain" and "copine" become "copaine".

Obviously, this only works if it's obvious which words they're based on. I think it's a great way to make French more inclusive but I'd advise against using it with uninitiated people as it would probably confuse them more than anything. This method is still quite niche.

An inclusive, yet binary language

As you've probably figured out, inclusive language remains quite binary in the way we approach it. It's more about making things both masculine and feminine than transcending gender and creating gender-neutral alternatives. Probably because inclusive language was more often a will to stop women from being erased rather than a non-binary friendly gesture.

Which means, there are also some rules that were created to avoid the "masculine trumps feminine rule" but don't allow room for non-binarity at all. I'll still explain them because they're interesting and you might encounter them at some point.

The proximity rule ("règle de proximité") is one of these. It existed in Ancient Greek and Latin but was dropped in Modern French in favor of the masculine trumps feminine rule. Basically, you gender things according to what's closest in the sentence instead of systematically using masculine words to gender a mixed group. For ex, instead of saying "Les hommes et les femmes sont beaux" you say "Les hommes et les femmes sont belles", as the subject "femmes" is closer to the adjective "beau/belle" than "hommes".

Another method is to systematically use both masculine and feminine words (which I personally find excruciating to write and read). Meaning, instead of writing "Les étudiants mangent à la cantine" (students eat at the cafeteria), you'll write "Les étudiantes et les étudiants mangent à la cantine".

This is mainly for the subject of the sentence : adjectives and such are gendered according to the masculine trumps feminine rule. The point is to explicitly include women, not to make the sentence unintelligible or gender-neutral.

When following this method, you also have to pay attention to whether you put the feminine subject first or the masculine. The rule is to follow alphabetical order. For ex, in "l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes", "femmes" comes first because F comes before H. But in "Les auteurs et les autrices de roman", "auteurs" comes first because E comes before R. Etc.

This method is common as it's the only inclusive language you can get away with, given that it's a valid way of speaking French. It's even mandatory in some situations now, like in job descriptions for the french administration, in the spirit of gender equality.

So, how do I gender a non-binary person?

In short, you can use the pronoun iel + avoid gendered words and/or use the point médian and/or make up new words.

But keep in mind that if you're not talking to someone familiar with these rules, you'll have some explaining to do. And looots of people are still very anti inclusive language, because they're sexist and/or transphobic, ignorant, language purists, etc. A few years ago it was the thing to be angry about for conservatives and anti-feminists so it's still very controversial. But if you're in a trans inclusive queer space or talking with intersectionnal leftists, go for it !

I hope I covered everything (fellow french, don't hesitate to comment!) and didn't put you to sleep lmao. If you want to see some examples, you can look it up on Wikipedia or check #bagaitte on tumblr (it's the french queer tag) 😉

#it's a slow but steady effort! #the fact that it was accepted by my uni teachers shows how far we've come already #a decade ago it would have probably been dismissed #i don't even know if i was aware this existed a decade ago #😅 #anyway THANK YOU for this ask #i hope it was comprehensive and helpful #ask #language inclusif #écriture inclusive #inclusive language #upthebaguette #bagaitte #french #languages