[lit-ideas] Re: fiction or non
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:08:14 -0500
Maybe someone is...and we don't know...
In what way was Andy 'off'?
He was curmudgeonly and opinionated and he seemed to have a lot of time
on his hands.
Sounds like a lot of men I know...
And do tell us (me) what working at being 'masculine' feels like. Did
you have to wear a hard hat? Did you have to wear blinders (might
explain some of Andy's attitudes...)? Just kidding, guys...(yeah right).
On a slightly (very slightly) more serious note, isn't it odd that it's
acceptable for little girls to be tomboys but utterly unacceptable for
little boys to play at being girls. Who makes these things up, anyway?
Ursula (feeling curmudgeonly herself)
in North Bay
Andy Amago wrote:
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From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 1/12/2006 7:42:49 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: fiction or non
Has anyone else noticed the 'feminization' of Andy?
Just that tiny bit more playfulness....
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I've kept this email in abeyance for 5 minutes -- not sure I like the
conflation (or implied exclusivity) of feminine and playful...
so many of you guys are so wonderfully playful. But there is something
different -- something that keeps reminding me that Andy is now
female. I'm wondering if Andy notices...
Ursula
It’s interesting that you pick that up. I think it’s a bigger issue. I
wondered about it myself. I think there is a difference between a male
approach and a female one, at least based on my experience in the Other
Dimension Simulator. I had to work at being “masculine”, or at least my
interpretation of masculine. It was easier for me because Andy, was, you
know, “off”, but not too off. I did notice that the guys especially in the
beginning were hard on Andy. I think it would be fun if someone else here
would volunteer to play the other sex. Of course it would be a little
different since we'd know. I don't know that we'd learn anything, but it
might be fun. Nah, dumb idea. Forget it.
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