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user-inactivated  ·  3068 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A reflective essay on the updated Post stylebook

The great Michael Spivak has spoken, kind of. It looks silly, but it's the only solution other than first person singular they to have ever become common usage in a community with no particular interest in gender that I'm aware of, and is less ambiguous.