Dear Baby Boomers, Don’t Call Me Ma’am

You can respect my pronouns even if you don’t understand them

Ryn James (RJ)
Nov 2 · 4 min read
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

I use the term “boomer” throughout this post to refer to members of the baby boomer generation. There’s been a trend in much of that generation to perpetuate bigoted behavior. I do not go up to them in real life and say, “Ok, boomer.” I don’t tell them to go shove it where the sun doesn’t shine…

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