Comments on: Boy or Girl? X: A Fabulous Child’s Story by Lois Gould http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/ A Malaysian LGBT Community Project Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:49:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Yuki Choe http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 Yuki Choe Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:19:48 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1465 Anyway if you want people to take you seriously Riley, you could of course start to mention credible writers, not satire kings such as Uncle Tom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharpe http://www.geocities.com/willemfh/sharpe3.htm "awarded the XXXIIIeme Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir Xavier Forneret." But thanks for the recommendation. I really needed some funnies today. :) Anyway if you want people to take you seriously Riley, you could of course start to mention credible writers, not satire kings such as Uncle Tom:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharpe
http://www.geocities.com/willemfh/sharpe3.htm

“awarded the XXXIIIeme Grand Prix de l’Humour Noir Xavier Forneret.”

But thanks for the recommendation. I really needed some funnies today. :)

]]> By: Yuki Choe http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 Yuki Choe Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:11:41 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1464 Erm, actually I find the "experiment" part was only to create the scenario whereby a baby could be born without any specific gender markers, and can hold their own by just accepting rather than having stereotypes imposed upon them. I certainly do not think God is experimenting with me! :-) Erm, actually I find the “experiment” part was only to create the scenario whereby a baby could be born without any specific gender markers, and can hold their own by just accepting rather than having stereotypes imposed upon them. I certainly do not think God is experimenting with me! :-)

]]> By: Riley http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 Riley Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:15:47 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1463 Total B.S. claptrap. Can you imagine the poor kid (Boy or girl) being someone's experiment and having to have counseling for the rest of his/her life. I have seen too many young boys raised by strong mothers that wouldn't cut their hair and most thought they were girls. Life for a kid is hard enough adjusting without being someone's experiment. Great discussion for a gender study class but children aren't frogs to be toyed with. A Tom Sharpe novel comes to mind where an overbearing mother with a weak father used her young boy for an experiment keeping him from other boys and foisting everything "upscale" upon the boy. The kid had serious problems in life trying to adjust and have what might be called a normal life. Total B.S. claptrap. Can you imagine the poor kid (Boy or girl) being someone’s experiment and having to have counseling for the rest of his/her life. I have seen too many young boys raised by strong mothers that wouldn’t cut their hair and most thought they were girls. Life for a kid is hard enough adjusting without being someone’s experiment. Great discussion for a gender study class but children aren’t frogs to be toyed with. A Tom Sharpe novel comes to mind where an overbearing mother with a weak father used her young boy for an experiment keeping him from other boys and foisting everything “upscale” upon the boy. The kid had serious problems in life trying to adjust and have what might be called a normal life.

]]> By: scoobz http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 scoobz Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:03:09 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1459 Loved this. Thanks for sharing! :) Loved this. Thanks for sharing! :)

]]> By: emma http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1387 emma Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:43:29 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1387 love the double signficance of X as an unknown variable and the chromosome common to both biological females and males... though it doesn't quite have the same effect for the "Y". still love the ending though :) love the double signficance of X as an unknown variable and the chromosome common to both biological females and males… though it doesn’t quite have the same effect for the “Y”. still love the ending though :)

]]> By: jiahui http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 jiahui Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:22:37 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1386 great little piece on heteronormativity - in a wonderfully funny and innocent way! great little piece on heteronormativity – in a wonderfully funny and innocent way!

]]> By: Jyou http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1375 Jyou Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:34:43 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1375 Jolly good read! ^^ Jolly good read! ^^

]]> By: DeluSion http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1374 DeluSion Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:40:15 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1374 I love it! I love it!

]]> By: Lingsha http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 Lingsha Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:35:27 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1373 Hahahaa I read this article in my psychology class when we did our gender study unit. It's pretty hilarious =) Hahahaa I read this article in my psychology class when we did our gender study unit. It’s pretty hilarious =)

]]> By: Boy or Girl? X: A Fabulous Child’s Story by Lois Gould « chong yong wei, gabrielle http://tiltedworld.org/2009/07/22/boy-or-girl-x-a-fabulous-childs-story-by-lois-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 Boy or Girl? X: A Fabulous Child’s Story by Lois Gould « chong yong wei, gabrielle Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:16:45 +0000 http://tiltedworld.org/?p=1487#comment-1372 [...] I’ve also posted this on TiltedWorld. [...] [...] I’ve also posted this on TiltedWorld. [...]

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