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Week Four

Submitted by alexandrakg on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 12:04pm

I begun the Dennet reading, which really plays into what we have been discussing in class, basically what is evolution and what does it mean. He brought up an interesting point in the beginning, that it took Europe a century to accept the idea that the world was not the center of the universe. Copernicus and Galileo were the Darwins of their time, and their theories definitely rocked the general religious thought of the times. No one could comprehend, or would comprehend the idea that the Earth was not the center of everything, because if it wasn't, then where is heaven? Where is everything else in relation to the Earth? People had to start thinking about their worlds differently, and it was terrifying, rightfully.

something to think about

Submitted by merlin on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 1:38am

abcnews.go.com/Health/story

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We are all an experiment of nature.

Submitted by merlin on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 1:35am

Intersex and transgender conditions in ancient cultures will be explored in the style of a book we read in class by Joan Roughgarden titled Evolution’s Rainbow. The examples show cases in which transgender and intersex conditions were encountered throughout history. These examples are sometimes instances were atypical attitudes were taken towards the conditions. I use said instances as evidence that Intersex and Transgendered individuals have been surprisingly common in human history and in learning about it’s occurrences, the possibility exists for societal acceptance of the condition as falling in a spectrum of normalcy.

The Rebirth of Penus

Submitted by Riki on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 1:30am

GIST Web Paper 1

Gender and Categories. WebPaper1

Submitted by MSA322 on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 1:26am

Muna Aghaalnemer 
Prof. Anne Dalke 
Gender and Technology paper 1
February 11th 2011

Gender and Categories

The Art of Passing

Submitted by Amophrast on Sat, 02/12/2011 - 1:11am

Professors Anne Dalke, Liz McCormack

Gender, Information, Science, and Technology

11 February 2011

The Art of Passing

Gender crossing, especially when done temporarily or situationally, often provokes the question of whether or not one can pass. The term passing, as in the novel Passing by Nella Larsen, was often historically used to describe taking on the appearance of a different racial group. Passing for gender is much more difficult. Let’s take a look at some of the characteristics that would need to be altered in order for another gender:

Female to Male:

- Bind down breasts