tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375165121439950015.post7578433883808645363..comments2023-06-30T10:39:42.047-04:00Comments on Lantern of Lightning: Let's Talk About Sex!Deidrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18194011122877670682noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375165121439950015.post-19274259644958414242010-09-21T13:45:45.156-04:002010-09-21T13:45:45.156-04:00Kaely: I know, I was so excited when I watched tha...Kaely: I know, I was so excited when I watched that episode because I had researched androgony heavily a year or two before and had always found the concept interesting!<br /><br />Tansy: You won't believe this, but do you know where I got this topic? I was actually watching an episode about intersex people on...the Tyra show! So yeah, I don't plan to make fun of you for that. :)<br /><br />Jody: I have heard the term "genderqueer" before, and I wondered exactly what it meant. I only had a vague grasp on the concept. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I like being able to understand these things more.<br /><br />Sunny Insomniac: I'm flattered! I'll check out those excerpts right away to make sure my namesake is behaving herself. :)Deidrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18194011122877670682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375165121439950015.post-12350620928146097732010-09-21T04:00:42.531-04:002010-09-21T04:00:42.531-04:00Jeez, Deidre--that's one awesome post! Great j...Jeez, Deidre--that's one awesome post! Great job on the research! <br />Okay, this may be totally random and partially awkward, but did I tell you that I'm using your name for a character (who has a fairly important role) in my new novel "I Am Altered?" I am posting a few excerpts of it tonight...one of them featuring the character with your name. She is not based on you (after all, I only know you in cyberspace--ah, Awkward, there you are!), but I love your name. Okay, weirdness over.<br />Thanks for your awesome comments. They mean a lot to me. :)<br />~Sunny InsomniacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375165121439950015.post-61321349892081774962010-09-19T15:07:53.120-04:002010-09-19T15:07:53.120-04:00"I can't even get into all the implicatio..."I can't even get into all the implications with sexual orientation. If you're intersex, or even transsexual (if you want to stretch it a little), how do you know whether you're gay or straight? What if you're dating/having sex with/in love with someone who's intersex?"<br /><br />Think about sexuality as a spectrum...a lot of people who are actually gay, bisexual, or whatever - they don't call themselves that, they call themselves "queer" - meaning that throughout their lives they have been attracted to many people of different sexual orientations, sexual identities, sizes, shapes, etc. Also, "queer" can mean thinking about relationships in a different way than the norm - viewing sex and emotions in a different way. Some people even consider themselves "genderqueer" - meaning that on some days, maybe they're feeling more masculine, and some, more feminine, or identify with one sex over the other differently throughout their lives. I'm sure someone else could say all of what I have said a lot better, but you could talk about that allllll day. I myself have identified as queer sometimes, but normally, at the end of the day, I just go with "gay", because I'm most comfortable with that.<br /><br />Check out the Wikipedia article! Because we all know, Wikipedia is God.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QueerJodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375165121439950015.post-88891329085514523332010-09-17T01:37:06.392-04:002010-09-17T01:37:06.392-04:00In California you will see all of the above on abo...In California you will see all of the above on above average basis,I've seen known and talked to almost all of those groups mentioned. The androgynous thing was a big fad in the 80's in south Cali.4gOnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762226479441053857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375165121439950015.post-40493955624185405702010-09-16T22:37:23.215-04:002010-09-16T22:37:23.215-04:00That definitely is some really fascinating stuff t...That definitely is some really fascinating stuff to think about. The entire concept of sexuality is just so mind boggling to me. And I had no idea that the terms of "hir" and "zhe" even existed! Whoa.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962106717375135503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375165121439950015.post-14343460543427137272010-09-16T21:04:50.338-04:002010-09-16T21:04:50.338-04:00wow, I never really thought about that before, its...wow, I never really thought about that before, its actually really interesting.<br /><br />So what I learned on TV this week. I was watching the Tyra Show, yeah make fun, but really she was doing a segment on going to the doctor. <br /><br />You know when you go to the doctor's office and you have to fill out a bunch of forms, well a lot of people actually lie about those questions.<br /><br />There was a panel of doctors explaining why they asked those questions and why it was important to answer them honestly or it could really mess up your diagnosis and procedures. <br /><br />Awesome blog!Tansyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08845591266037360840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375165121439950015.post-80771564968966755282010-09-16T20:14:21.457-04:002010-09-16T20:14:21.457-04:00That is pretty interesting.That is pretty interesting.AiringMyLaundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11051140760624657630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375165121439950015.post-52016322654744432232010-09-16T19:52:28.973-04:002010-09-16T19:52:28.973-04:00I'd heard of all of them except Androgyny for ...I'd heard of all of them except Androgyny for years. I only recently learned of that one within the past year or so. They had a character on Bones played by Ally Maki. Hir name was Dr. Tanaka. The characters had bets going as to whether zhe was make or female. Of course they couldn't ask because zhe wouldn't answer because it's not important to hir.<br /><br />The funny thing is the extreme difference between the woman who played hir and the way the character actually turned out. Her voice was altered and such. And Ally Maki actually didn't know if she was going to turn out to be male or female. They filmed it both ways, and she had to wait until it aired like everyone else to know for sure.<br /><br />What I found the most interesting was that when they interviewed her about it she said something along the lines of, "It was actually really interesting to play that character. I was anxious at first, afraid I would get it wrong. But as the filming went on I started to care less and less about the gender of the character and just played them like a person. I guess for at least a little while I actually became Androgynous. My friends and family didn't understand why I wasn't freaking out wanting to know if I turned out to be a male or female, but it just didn't seem to bother me."<br /><br />http://jadedhippy.blogspot.com/2009/04/bones-girl-in-mask.html<br /><br />http://leslykahnartists.blogspot.com/2009/11/ally-maki-in-bones.htmlKaelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846869584745456648noreply@blogger.com