So, I was thinking that maybe I wanted to write a post talking about how we approach social categorization (e.g. what it means to be male, what it means to be Latino, etc.), but I’m realizing: I don’t actually understand that much at all? There is a ton of talk about gender these days, but […]
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rethinking gender performance
About a year ago, I read Whipping Girl, and this point stuck with me: If you require any evidence that femininity can be more fierce and dangerous than masculinity, all you need to do is ask the average man to hold your handbag or a bouquet of flowers for a minute, and watch how far […]
fundamental differences, revisited
Right after hitting publish on my recent post on fundamental differences, I started to feel nervous about it. I’m fairly sure I didn’t explain myself fairly well, I’m fairly sure that I don’t actually agree with everything I said there, I’m fairly sure that there are parts that I still agree with now but that […]
whipping girl
A friend of mine loaned me her copy of Whipping Girl, because she thought I would enjoy it and find it interesting; she was quite correct in that suspicion. I’m copying down some quotes here largely for my own future reference, but if y’all find something of interest in them, so much the better. (If […]
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