Comments on: Headline of the Day http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/ Humor columnist musing about news, life and, most importantly, the inexplicable appeal of coleslaw. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:38:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: leoNY http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11667 leoNY Fri, 23 May 2008 14:28:02 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11667 He better do some gardening down there if he is due soon. He better do some gardening down there if he is due soon.

]]> By: Indian, Please! http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11582 Indian, Please! Thu, 22 May 2008 18:21:52 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11582 He's more confused than a Jew in Mumbai trying to buy a menorah. (Although, interestingly enough, Jews do seem to exist in India.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_India He’s more confused than a Jew in Mumbai trying to buy a menorah. (Although, interestingly enough, Jews do seem to exist in India.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_India

]]> By: It's British Bitch http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11568 It's British Bitch Thu, 22 May 2008 06:05:27 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11568 CRB: which insight brings me back to one of my favourite topics: CHYNA"S MASSIVE PENIS-LIKE CLITORIS. I have a couple of male-female TG acquaintances and have no problem with TG folk, after talking to them and reading up a bit I realised it was silly to try and put people into boxes labelled "male" and "female" purely based on genitals without taking other factors like hormones and chromosomes into account. That said the pregnant man is a worry to me: I can't go up to male anti-abortion protesters any more and tell them that I'll be glad to discuss reproductive rights with the first pregnant man I meet. Poo. CRB: which insight brings me back to one of my favourite topics: CHYNA”S MASSIVE PENIS-LIKE CLITORIS.

I have a couple of male-female TG acquaintances and have no problem with TG folk, after talking to them and reading up a bit I realised it was silly to try and put people into boxes labelled “male” and “female” purely based on genitals without taking other factors like hormones and chromosomes into account. That said the pregnant man is a worry to me: I can’t go up to male anti-abortion protesters any more and tell them that I’ll be glad to discuss reproductive rights with the first pregnant man I meet. Poo.

]]> By: CRB http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11553 CRB Thu, 22 May 2008 02:50:53 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11553 I saw him/her on Oprah the other day, although the show is a bit old (hey, I'm sick, I'm allowed to watch Oprah). And he said he still has a vagina, but the male hormones just made his clitoris bigger :| I saw him/her on Oprah the other day, although the show is a bit old (hey, I’m sick, I’m allowed to watch Oprah).

And he said he still has a vagina, but the male hormones just made his clitoris bigger :|

]]> By: librarian kathleen http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11542 librarian kathleen Wed, 21 May 2008 22:46:36 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11542 Don't know if he has a 'gina, but he defininely kept his uterus when he transitioned. Also don't know quite how to react to this, because it does challenge our attitudes about sex, gender and etc. Here's a thoughtful article: http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A257157 If you're curious about this topic, science fiction novels have broken a lot of ground dealing with this trope (see works by Octavia Butler, Joanna Russ, and Ursula LeGuin, for examples). Hey, dammit, I'm a librarian, it's my job to share information. Don’t know if he has a ‘gina, but he defininely kept his uterus when he transitioned.

Also don’t know quite how to react to this, because it does challenge our attitudes about sex, gender and etc.

Here’s a thoughtful article:

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A257157

If you’re curious about this topic, science fiction novels have broken a lot of ground dealing with this trope (see works by Octavia Butler, Joanna Russ, and Ursula LeGuin, for examples).

Hey, dammit, I’m a librarian, it’s my job to share information.

]]> By: Dr. L. http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11529 Dr. L. Wed, 21 May 2008 18:57:31 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11529 Apparently. Can't grow a baby without one. Apparently. Can’t grow a baby without one.

]]> By: martini lover http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11520 martini lover Wed, 21 May 2008 17:56:51 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11520 so he has a vagina? so he has a vagina?

]]> By: Dr. L. http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11517 Dr. L. Wed, 21 May 2008 17:09:05 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11517 A transgendered man. He used to be a woman. Still has his parts, which is why he's pregnant. EEEWWW. A transgendered man. He used to be a woman. Still has his parts, which is why he’s pregnant. EEEWWW.

]]> By: danceswithpoodles http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11516 danceswithpoodles Wed, 21 May 2008 16:46:12 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11516 This may be an ignorant question, but is he a man or a woman? This may be an ignorant question, but is he a man or a woman?

]]> By: Dr. L. http://candykirby.com/2008/05/21/headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-11502 Dr. L. Wed, 21 May 2008 12:42:50 +0000 http://candykirby.com/?p=1729#comment-11502 Umm, I think someone is confused. And a real attention seeker. I'm OK with the transgender part, but going back and trying to be female reeks of confusion. And he will be lucky if he has eough female hormones to complete that pregnancy. P.S. Let's start a fund now to pay for the child's therapy. Umm, I think someone is confused. And a real attention seeker. I’m OK with the transgender part, but going back and trying to be female reeks of confusion. And he will be lucky if he has eough female hormones to complete that pregnancy.
P.S. Let’s start a fund now to pay for the child’s therapy.

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