job announcement.

[subjective]

wanted: one rad trans-aware friend to follow me around in public places & be my personal name/pronoun corrector.

payment: vegan baked goods, perhaps a dinner or two, lots of squishes, & big beaming smiles of appreciation whenever you set people right.

duration of job: one week. possibility of extension for particularly troublesome cases.

qualifications: awareness of appropriate language. ability to be firm but diplomatic with strangers (who are most likely my friends/coworkers/acquaintances). ability to convincingly argue, if necessary, the difference between sex & gender & why it is not okay to blame incorrect names/pronouns on a person's physical attributes. must have track record of using correct name/pronouns (so as to provide a solid example). must like me, personally, & be willing to spend significant amounts of time with me for a week.

you may apply using the comments feature or by email.



i think it sucks that i feel someone else would make more of an impact than i do.

Comments

[lionpluslamb.livejournal.com]

<3 Tobers <3

Dude, I totally want the job! If you get an excess of applicants, please send some my way.

since i can't get to tobes & mass. on my budget...

[redrider.livejournal.com]

riles, i'll apply to assist you here in cols., but only if I get to wear snappy elle woods-esque outfits and do my best reese w. impersonation (furrowed brow, firm, persuasive conversational style) whilst pronoun-correcting & knowledge-dropping.

<3 a.

[filmstills.livejournal.com]

i would like to apply for the position of tobles friend, squisher and friendly correctional human, california branch! i have had a solid background in such work, as my best friend from college had spent two full years as a transgendered male. pronouns can be difficult to track, but i have proven enthusiasm and ability to get the hang of things quickly! i am also a nice person and pleasant to be around. i also have an appreciation for the south and really like red velvet cake. pick me? please?

although sometimes i will be silly and suggest you refer to yourself in the third person, a la "the toby" or "the tobles" or "the one who squishes and is squished" because you, too, can be like r&b songstress Mary J. Blige, celebrity wrestler The Rock and various other fun personages who refer to themselves in the third person. but only when we are both feeling punchy.

[subjective.livejournal.com]

kat, you're perfect! but trouble in paradise: you'd have to relocate, & at your own expense, since the funding for this position does not cover travel.

however, should you find yourself in the metro boston area anytime soon, you are so hired. <3

(ps. i have considered calling myself "his tobyness" in order to give people the heads-up on both name AND pronoun at once. too cheesy?)

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

oddly & stupidly enough this job probably also requires a non-transperson. i know people often listen to me than the transperson i'm making the correction for. i'd offer to help out in a second except that...

a.) i did screw it up once and i still feel guilty.
b.) unfortunately i don't have a whole week off and methinks this might be an unpaid, internship kind of position.

[tarynhipp.livejournal.com]

um HELLO?!?!

[subjective.livejournal.com]

yeah but i ALREADY give you baked goods, dinners, squishes & beaming smiles. how would i pay you for this job??

[subjective.livejournal.com]

yeah that whole translation thing sucks a lot. anyway, guilt is unnecessary.

[erickapander.livejournal.com]

cut out the arguing part & i'm in! oh, and i'd need a travel stipend.

Re: since i can't get to tobes & mass. on my budget...

[lionpluslamb.livejournal.com]

Oh god Alana, I would pay YOU to do that! I am seriously giggling so hard at the thought of that! You could so pull it off to. So are we talking like pre- or post-Harvard Elle here?

p.s. I think that if Toby started calling himself "His Tobyness" I would squeal. Except you know, boys don't squeal. Heh heh.

[adrienmundi]

Assuming you're ever down Georgia way, I'm so your enforcer of personal appropriateness.

[redrider.livejournal.com]

Oh, post-Harvard Elle, definitely (or, post-arrival-at-Harvard Elle)...not that pre-Harvard Elle's not fabulous, but I think I identify more with the nobody's-gonna-stop-me attitude of Elle in the hallowed halls.

I think there must be a boy equivalent to the squeal...must discuss that tomorrow night!

xox a.

[syndetic.livejournal.com]

I would like to interview for this position while I am visiting you. Do I have to do a PowerPoint presentation?

[tarynhipp.livejournal.com]

i need no payment. i'll do the job for free.

[thecherrybomb.livejournal.com]

i could do the job, and i even be willing to travel to boston for a week... i think spring break would be much later than preferred...

you are right, it sucks and it's sad that someone else would make more an impact than you. you always make a big impact on me. not that this helps in this situation.

[subjective.livejournal.com]

okay i'll see what i can do about travel expenses. or you can just be the mn branch office. also we might be able to arrange some training for the arguing part, though really i think you're underestimating your qualifications. ;) xo.

[subjective.livejournal.com]

wow, this job is totally turning into a multi-city operation!

[subjective.livejournal.com]

computer skills are not required for this job, but charming presentations will be appreciated. omg, you're gonna be here so soon! should we plan another dinner party?

(i totally had to delete the first response i posted to this because i noticed bad grammar. a-r!)

[subjective.livejournal.com]

angela visiting for spring break! yes please! and thank you for the kind words.

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[erickapander.livejournal.com]

oh, i can argue alright ;) but i'd have to learn the subject better.

[filmstills.livejournal.com]

well then, i'll be the northern california branch! SF represent!

i think "his tobyness" would be perfect and adorable and not too cheesy. that way, you can also use the royal "we" as well, as in, "we'll have the tofu scramble, please." down with binaries! up with pluralities!

hee!