The French language, grammar

Indeed!

At the risk of repeating myself yet again, many French people (from France) are shocked to discover that Valérie Plante is Montreal's mairesse because historically (and tellingly) that term was used to refer to the mayor's wife. Reclaiming it as a linguistic possibility for women is a necessary act, and readily accepted in a Québécois context.

An additional repetition: I do find it fascinating how English has gone in the opposite direction with regard to gendered titles: 'actress' or 'poetess' are nagl, whereas an actrice who calls herself as an acteur (understood as a neutral term, supposedly) can often (but not always) be rightly assumed to identify with the right.

Écrivain/écrivaine and auteur/autrice are better examples tbf.

English seems to be going the other way in some regards, losing female equivalents. Women are now more often actors than actresses. You'd have thought it would be better to try to give the word actress the same gravitas as actor, rather than banishing it.

Wait, it's nagl to call Zooey Deschanel an actress?

j'encule l'Académique française quel que soit son genre

Haha

Wait, it's nagl to call Zooey Deschanel an actress?

Not so much these days, no. It does get a bit confusing when, as a progressive, you're expected to do one thing in one language and the exact opposite in the other. I'm inclined to agree with Zelda, though.

The “Immortals”, as the 40 academy members ... are known

Super cringey