Re: "mes amies"?
Oh, je n’accuserai meme pas l’extreme gauche de la stupidite des ami.e.s ;-)
https://english.stackexchange.com/a/55
notice the bit about the “long history of criticism”. People could still say that, 9 years ago. Now, you’d be hung for daring to voice displeasure at unnatural linguistic contortions to assuage the professionally outraged.