Angela reminded me of a point I've been thinking about for a while. Why not right palm up, left palm down? This would be symmetrical and role neutral.
Bob On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Angela DeCarlis via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > When I called at PICD (the Portland ME dance), I really enjoyed using Jets > and Rubies. One silly thing I enjoyed any the terms during the beginners' > lesson was coaching palm direction based on the terms: "Jets' palms face > up, towards the sky; Rubies' palms face down, towards the ground." > > And yes, I realize that *both* are gemstones and that some feel strongly > that we should steer away from the "airplane" association, but it did make > for easy teaching. > > Jets and Rubies is also more forgiving for callers new to gender-neutral > language, since the terms are so linguistically comparable to Gents and > Ladies. > > That all said, I also like Larks and Ravens fine. > > Happy calling, everyone! > > Angela > > On Jan 18, 2017 11:30 AM, "Aahz via Callers" <[email protected]. > net> wrote: > >> Not that Portland, the other Portland. ;-) >> >> http://bangordailynews.com/2017/01/09/news/portland/contra- >> dancing-takes-a-gender-neutral-spin-in-portland/ >> >> I personally would prefer to settle on "larks" and "ravens" because that >> seems to have more traction -- but it doesn't matter as long as we get >> away from "bands" and "bares". >> -- >> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 >> http://rule6.info/ >> <*> <*> <*> >> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
