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by fluidfyre Internet nerds might remember Carrie Goldman’s daughter from the fame she achieved in late 2010 – Katie, the little girl who loves Star Wars, and was bullied at school because ‘it’s for boys’. I originally heard of her on the Epbot blog, but her story quickly went viral, exploding to include a ‘May the […]
Filed under: family, feminism, sexuality and gender | 29 Comments
Tags: crossdressing, dyson, gender identity, katie, princess boys, sissy, star wars girls, tomboy
by westwood Dear world, Asking who’s the “man” and who’s the “woman” in a gay relationship is like going to a Chinese restaurant and asking which chopstick is the fork. Sincerely, annoyed. That little tidbit courtesy of this site (be careful if you click that link, you may lose anywhere between 20 minutes and 45 […]
Filed under: logic, mind-body problem, sexuality and gender | 8 Comments
Tags: binary, category error, category mistake, chopsticks, dearblankpleaseblank, descartes, election, gender, gilbert ryle, glee, logic, rene descartes, rhetoric, ryle, sex, unicorns
by westwood So I have a bit of a pet peeve with dichotomies. Why? Well, people are moronic (not news) and like to categorize things into neat little packages to wrap their small brains around (also not news). One handy, dandy method we humans like to do this is through the use of dichotomies. And, […]
Filed under: logic, mind-body problem, sexuality and gender | 21 Comments
Tags: binary, bisexuality, caster semenya, democrats, dichotomy, distinction, false dichotomies, gender, genocide, intersex, jacques derrida, left brain, logic, mutually exclusive, norman doidge, philosophy, psychology, rene descartes, republicans, right brain, sex
