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== Gender terms originating on Tumblr == | == Gender terms originating on Tumblr == | ||
Tumblr has a strong culture of coining and promoting new gender terminology. | Tumblr has a strong culture of coining and promoting new gender terminology. | ||
=== Pronouns === | |||
A number of [[neopronouns]] were coined and spread by Tumblr users. In 2013, some users drew upon existing English nouns to coin new pronouns (often called [[Nounself pronouns|nounself]] pronouns).<ref>Miltersen, E.H. (2016). "Nounself pronouns: 3rd person personal pronouns as identity expression". ''Journal of Language Works - Sprogvidenskabeligt Studentertidsskrift''. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.</ref> For example, the neopronoun "kit/kit/kitself" derives from a word for the young of certain animals (such as foxes).<ref>"general (unthemed pronouns)." ask a non-binary. <nowiki>http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/general</nowiki> </ref> Among nounself pronouns, fae/faer pronouns have gained the most popularity; they were the second-most selected neopronoun in the 2024 Gender Census survey, with 6.2̤̤̥ percent of respondents indicating they would be happy to be called fae/faer pronouns.<ref>"Gender Census 2024: Worldwide Report". Gender Census.https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2024-worldwide/#pronouns</ref> | |||
== Iconography originating on Tumblr == | == Iconography originating on Tumblr == | ||