Don Quijote: By Guille
Made from Walnut and teak. Originally supposed to be a puppet. Later, wired together.


My name is Guille. I teach Spanish in NY. I am starting (or perhaps continuing) a grammatical revolution based here in the United States.

La revolución de El Guille comienza aqui. Are you sick and tired of the opression foisted upon thee by the Spanish language? Do you want to cast off the yoke of European male domination? La revolución de El Guille, started at Bennington College, makes a sincere effort to spread the anti-oppressionist word. The rules have changed. no longer will the feminine be banished to oblivion by the mere presence of the masculine. Are we not equals? Do males and females each have something to offer? Some would say that we do. La revolución will push for more forward thinking through subtle changes in grammar that will lead to less subtle changes in la sociedad hispanohablante.
Rather than noun-adjective agreement swinging toward the masculine based on the presence of a minority male presence, the decision will be made based on the overall presence. In a group such as Bennington's MATSL program, there are fifteen students. Two of them are males. However, this minority male presence has a profound effect on the way in which women are described and talked about. Women are often described as masculine despite their natural femininity, simply because of the mere presence of a man or male beast. The injustice stops now. Such a group should not be mislabeled based on a minority male presence, but rather, should be described based on the majority of its members, the females.

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RIght on, Guille! BTW, I like how you linked to your website here, nice touch. Did you want the assignments link to go to my assignments page though? Maybe to yours would be better? Lisa B.