tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post1016140736750203082..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Dear American Psychiatric Association: What the -hell- are you thinking?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-45793649164877049732008-05-12T08:19:00.000-04:002008-05-12T08:19:00.000-04:00"the centralized Canadian health care system"I'm n...<I>"the centralized Canadian health care system"</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not sure where Conway gets that; it's really not centralized.<BR/><BR/>In that the Canadian federal government has a department that coordinates the provincial health departments, yeah, kinda. But the decision-making administrative level is provincial - mostly, Health Canada just distributes federal funding and makes sure no SunflowerPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069913788437731669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-15329656950435229342008-05-09T12:16:00.000-04:002008-05-09T12:16:00.000-04:00"They both also kind of blow away the whole Judith..."They both also kind of blow away the whole Judith Butler "gender is just one big performance" trope."<BR/><BR/>That's the thing I couldn't understand about Kate Bornstein's book. I got Gender Outlaw, I thought it would be a nice read, and it was actually a hard read.<BR/><BR/>I think it goes a bit too much to concur with MWMF people that "You can do whatever you want, no need to change the body"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-64242558137443977072008-05-09T12:12:00.000-04:002008-05-09T12:12:00.000-04:00I don't know, I've always found a lot of Butler's ...I don't know, I've always found a lot of Butler's work on gender appealing. One of the most interesting puzzles in my life is how I can reconcile extreme social constructivism about gender with my severe transgender feelings. I'll work up a paper on it and have it rejected from some journals, someday. =)Diojeanne of Signuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13165430154980722725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-6417824448277602422008-05-09T01:26:00.000-04:002008-05-09T01:26:00.000-04:00well, in the general sense of "life's a stage," I ...well, in the general sense of "life's a stage," I suppose. Butler grates, thoughbelledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-22442853924642109122008-05-08T22:19:00.000-04:002008-05-08T22:19:00.000-04:00I have both books, and they are both pretty grim.T...I have both books, and they are both pretty grim.<BR/><BR/>They both also kind of blow away the whole Judith Butler "gender is just one big performance" trope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-9252233253097670902008-05-08T20:02:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:02:00.000-04:00welcome, piggie1230yeah, I leafed through "As Natu...welcome, piggie1230<BR/><BR/>yeah, I leafed through "As Nature Made Him" in the store a few times, never did get around to getting it; and yeah, it was a grim read, or grim skim, as i recall.<BR/><BR/>...or, no, maybe i'm thinking of "Last Time I Wore a Dress." that -was- grim.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-74621985155094086772008-05-08T08:45:00.000-04:002008-05-08T08:45:00.000-04:00i knew richard green on a clinical basis. he was t...i knew richard green on a clinical basis. he was the worst thing that happened to me in my transition. in fact, the man wasn't even aware of the actual transition protocols avaliable in his own clinic (i forget the context now, but it shocked me).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-39335248830119657262008-05-07T22:44:00.000-04:002008-05-07T22:44:00.000-04:00You'd think someone might gave a damn about the ki...You'd think someone might gave a damn about the kids, but it really does seem like so many people really don't care about their kids except for what their kids can do for how the parents look to other people - I'm positive that's at least a big part of all that Baby Einstein and early early development, pushing instruments on kids in preschool to turn them into another Mozart, etc. etc. It's notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-77625724211226134242008-05-07T22:27:00.000-04:002008-05-07T22:27:00.000-04:00and you know, this actually has more ramifications...and you know, this actually has more ramifications than even for LGB -and- T folk:<BR/><BR/><I>“The right of parents to oversee the development of children is a long -established principle."</I><BR/><BR/>I mean, there it is, neh? Except he doesn't mean -oversee-, he means -shape to their own liking-. <BR/><BR/>Thing is, "overseeing" the development of children isn't about -parental rights-; in belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-28042839699733170722008-05-07T22:23:00.000-04:002008-05-07T22:23:00.000-04:00Sarah: thanks, and thanks!Yeah, "happy," as in the...Sarah: thanks, and thanks!<BR/><BR/>Yeah, "happy," as in the KID's happiness, not just what makes the parents happy, you'd think someone might give it some thought.<BR/><BR/>"Ma Vie En Rose" ought to be required viewing for every bonehead that okay'd this task force.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-71576915554734026042008-05-07T20:29:00.000-04:002008-05-07T20:29:00.000-04:00Just goes to show how deep the "health" community ...Just goes to show how deep the "health" community is in bed with the religious right, or have always been. The fact that Health Canada hasn't come down hard on this guy is a shame to me, to be perfectly honest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-85332202062447022452008-05-07T18:51:00.001-04:002008-05-07T18:51:00.001-04:00btw, I gave you a blog-award.btw, I gave you a blog-award.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-29121569587144970352008-05-07T18:51:00.000-04:002008-05-07T18:51:00.000-04:00Zucker was on NPR tonight as part of a story of tw...Zucker was on NPR tonight as part of a story of two families with a transgender child (both six-year-old M to F). <BR/><BR/>One family went to Zucker, and their kid was miserable.<BR/><BR/>One family went to Diane Ehrensaft, and allowed their child to live as a girl, referred to her as a her, and the child was quite happy. <BR/><BR/>The family who went to Zucker had not thought anything was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com