genderlessness

emily zilch · 30 Nov 2004, 21:04 · from 2004-November.txt.gz

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From: emily0 at comcast.net (emily zilch)
Date: Tue Nov 30 21:04:07 2004
Subject: (urth) genderlessness
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{ 20041130 | Nathan Spears } "Also, I don't think people like 
genderlessness; The Left Hand of Darkness derives power from it 
precisely because the idea is so inhuman.  I think we assign genders to 
people in our imagination if only to comfort ourselves."

some of us on this list are intersexed. this is definitely true, which 
makes it a fertile but near-untouched topic. has anyone else read emma 
bull's absolutely amazing "bone dance"?

unfortunately, none of the URTH works with which i am familiar deals 
with the subject of gender/sex in any way that is not standard trope 
(i.e. dorcas).

sIkOzU
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You know what I blame this on the breakdown of? Society!
- Moe, The Simpsons

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