ContraDB defaults to this set of role terms. If you create a username, you can login and set your preference to whatever arbitrary thing you want.
I would advise against using these terms. At first, they seemed like a playful way to poke fun at gendered assumptions in the language we use. A decade on, they might seem like trollery inasmuch as they would disappoint partisans of any position in the gender role term discussion. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023, 12:31 K P via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hey all, > > As I was researching a response to Amy's (Wimmer) Rompin' Stompin' > question, I happened across dances transcribed/written by Chris Page (I > note Chris has slso responded Amy's thread) and renewed acquaintance with > the gentlespoons/ladles terms. > > E.g. https://contradb.com/dances/1372 > > Does anyone use those terms while calling? > > I've not yet returned to contra (pandemic) so haven't yet faced adapting > to the rising avian terminology, but Chris's terms, while a little > humourous to my mind, seem quite logical. (I suppose there is the risk that > gentlespoons is, necessarily, abbreviated to... you know). > > No, I'm start trying to start a movement! :) I'm just curious. > > Ken Panton > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >
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