Danielle Sucher’s “Jailbreak the Patriarchy” is a browser extension that switches the binary gendered words in web pages. I ran with it for a while and found that it highlighted various double-standards and trans* issues that I hadn’t previously considered. I was a little disappointed, though, because as is often the case it left out the folks who don’t fit into those two strict categories.

Much to my joy, this evening I discovered a Chrome extension called Jailbreak the Binary. It’s pretty much the same, but it neutralises all gendered words. There’s a ze/hir version and a singular they/them version.

I’ve taken the liberty of trying it out against a synopsis of Supernatural, noted for its poor treatment of the few women in their cast. Here’s the singular they/them version; a little buggy, but overall refreshing.

The thrilling and terrifying journey of the Winchester Siblings continues with the ninth season of “Supernatural” on The CW. … While the people worked to shut Crowley and they minions down for good, a new threat to they reign emerged: the Knight of Hell, Abaddon (Alaina Huffman).

And then there’s ze/hir; much better grammar-wise:

The thrilling and terrifying journey of the Winchester Siblings continues with the ninth season of “Supernatural” on The CW. … While the people worked to shut Crowley and hir minions down for good, a new threat to hir reign emerged: the Knight of Hell, Abaddon (Alaina Huffman).

An improvement, no? I think I’ll be sticking with the ze/hir version until they’ve ironed out the kinks in the other one.