News about Larry Sanger

Author Maia Kobabe (right), who wrote the book 'Gender Queer: A Memoir,' (inset), was referred to in the TIME Magazine article by using the 'em/eir' pronouns. On Twitter (left), scholars, journalists, and comedians all slammed the magazine for promoting 'unintelligible' words. The essay focused on the controversy surrounding Kobabe's book, which describes and illustrates sexual offences, and it came a day after a judge in Virginia dismissed a case that had sought to prohibit the distribution of 'Gender Queer' as obscene for children and restricted it to minors. 'The TIME writer wrote an illustrated graphic novel by Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, discusses the eir process of becoming out as nonbinary and asexual.' The article was also promoted on Twitter by TIME magazine author and illustrator Maia Kobabe on 'Gender Queer', the drive to limit access to eir writing, and what ey thinks of the current cultural moment.' Wikipedia co-founders, journalists, and authors slammed TIME magazine for using'made-up' pronouns to complement a 'narcissist's 'whims.'