Linkings, #2

[aesmael]

This article was linked to on ftm the other day. I thought it worth bringing to the attention of people who may not be members of that community.

I want to draw especial attention to question/answer #5, as well as this quote: "When I'd point out to myself that I couldn't "want to be a man", because I couldn't be sure what "man" actually meant and did not mean, I came back to this list. I wanted to be a tall, flat-chested, muscular, bearded, hairy human being with no uterus and a penis. If that was "man", great. If not, OK. The label for that collection of traits didn't matter." The rest of the essay is worth reading too but I do not intend to quote all of it.

Comments

[dclarion.livejournal.com]

That's what I get for ruminating, eh? :o)

Damn, I'd like to meet this guy. He sounds like I feel, even if from the other side of the street. I guess I'm just relieved to know that I'm not the only one.

[aesmael.livejournal.com]

Actually, I had been meaning to post this because it illustrates my own feelings on the matter. But you did remind me to get on with it.

[chaoticset.livejournal.com]

Raven Kaldera...I know someone who visits the Cauldron Farm regularly, actually. I should probably visit it myself before I get off the East Coast altogether. :)

[whimsical-esper.livejournal.com]

omgz that paragraph explains it so perfectly! I don't see how anyone can be expected to produce a meaningful definition of "man" or "woman"

Nice article, I'll have to read through the whole thing sometime =D

~S

[dclarion.livejournal.com]

I don't see how anyone can be expected to produce a meaningful definition of "man" or "woman"

I've been ruminating on that since halfway to forever, and I think I may have gained but a yard or two into No-Man's Land. The biological aspects come easy to me -- I trained as a physiologist -- but the social aspects are another story, entirely. I just hope that I can settle even my own questions before I die.

[lost-angelwings.livejournal.com]

:O

:D