The Week

■ Smith College—the historic women’s institution—has amended its student constitution to exclude the pronouns “she” and “her.” Why? As a news story explained, “a growing number of students identify themselves as transgender, and say they feel uncomfortable with female pronouns.” Chimed in the school’s director of institutional diversity (yes), “Smith College is a college for women, and within that there is a place for all kinds of women.”

■ The above is not a joke.