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What Are You Reading? Part Deux. (pg. 52)
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| Lews |
| After I read the Dune series, I want to get into Gibson :) |
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| woscar |
Started reading this yesterday.
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| Lews |
| I'm not even surprised. When are you getting your negroplasty? |
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| Tasty Onions |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
Started reading this yesterday.
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I am reading this, about halfway through (he actually quotes that hilarious / cringe-worthy Wendy Wright interview in here, lol):
And this:
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
I'm not even surprised. When are you getting your negroplasty? |
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Right after the dickectomy, I guess...
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
After I read the Dune series, I want to get into Gibson :) |
Just stop right now and move straight onto him. Gibson is a class above Frank Herbert. |
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| enydo |
| I love Gibson so much. |
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| Lews |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Just stop right now and move straight onto him. Gibson is a class above Frank Herbert. |
But I'm deeply invested in the story already!
I'll try to read Dune 2 and 3 very quickly :p
I'm guessing I should start with Neuromancer?
Dammit, and Dance of Dragons is coming out in July. And I want to read more Physics books. Too many damn things to read at once. is going to get complicated very soon. |
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| enydo |
I started with Neuromancer. It's the beginning of the sprawl trilogy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprawl_trilogy
I liked Count Zero, but I thought it was a bit weaker than Neuromancer. Like I said, recently picked up Mona Lisa Overdrive.
I've also read Idoru and All Tomorrow's Parties, which I thought were both superb. They are both part of the Bridge Trilogy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_trilogy
Still some other stuff of his I'd like to go through. Neuromancer is certainly a good starting point though. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
:stongue:
Right after the dickectomy, I guess...
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it's a vaginoplasty + labiaplasty.
i had the trans-racial discussion with someone once before. it's quite a lot different because race is a very complex and highly divisible genetic phenomenon that's also very dependent on dominant cultural perception (eg in the 1800s america, if you had one black great grandfather you'd be considered 'black', whereas today people are both claiming and rejecting barack obama as black) there are no specific race body organs or hormones, etc. sex is more often than not only limited to two options, with the exception of course of intersex people and people who have had their sexual organs removed deliberately. there are two distinct hormones which account for differentiation among male and female sexual characteristics. both males and females have these to different degrees, but the difference in most cases is extreme. whereas you can anyone and have a baby of mixed race.
as far as trans-cultural goes, I think also this is more of a moot point in contemporary society because culture is a lot more fluid than gender at this point. But I would definitely consider myself trans cultural in a broad sense, in that count myself as a member of many other cultural groups that aren't what I was raised as (white, straight, italian american, catholic) I think many of us can say that about ourselves.
you don't need a vagina to appreciate famous feminist authors anymore than don't need a 'negroplasty' (ugh) to appreciate black musicians.
as far as my transgender identity goes, it's quite personal for everyone. it comes down to self image. some transgender people don't need surgeries or hormones to balance their presentation/self image with their subconscious sex. others do - I have felt this way as long as I remember.
however, at no point have I ever felt like i have a subconscious race or experienced feelings beyond admiring great people of other races and being curious about the experiences of others different to me.
i do know some people in the transgender community though that actually want to transition races. |
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