Zombie Neld is a zombie.
Oh god, guys, I did not mean to disappear for that long. I'm not dead. I'm just ... well, some weeks I'm not even busy.
This is not one of those weeks. x.x
Also, I've moved mostly to my new computer, but have not yet moved all the fun stuff over to this computer, so there hasn't been much to post.
I just need to let you know that I'm heading out to NEW ZEALAND on the 10th! Some of you may know that my sister is spending the semester in Melbourne, Australia, and she figured that she might as well explore New Zealand while she's over there. And dude, how could I pass that up. I found cheap tickets, got the time off of work, and I'm going to go on an 7-day tour of New Zealand! Yes, including several memorable scenes from Lord of the Rings, most important to me is Hobbiton. Fwee!
So, there. My continued hiatus, now with an excuse.
And ... I've heard that deviantArt has continued to be stupid and to pry into things that don't concern them? What does it even MATTER what an artist/writer identifies as, to them? Is it to map demographics or something? I don't understand the necessity of the gender checkbox.
I went to a "women's" college, but that gets air quotes because even on my tiny campus, there was such a spectrum of gender and sex that I know exactly how diverse things can get. Gender has nothing to do with sex. Just because I happen to be physically female and identify in a generally feminine way, I fit the cissexual norm. (I think I'm using that right ... it's been a while since my gender theory classes.) Neither sex NOR gender is an A or B situation. It may be for some people, but for others they fit neither A nor B, or they fit aspects of both. And maybe their sex is easily defined, but their gender is not. And that doesn't necessarily mean that the person is transsexual ... I've also heard the terms genderqueer, genderfluid, and genderfucked, for people who just plain don't conform to the black-and-white version people seem to have of gender and sex. And that's just fine.
So for me, personally, asking me to check A or B is a simple choice, and one I don't mind making. But I'm a bit ticked that they're ignoring all of my genderfluid siblings and forcing them into boxes that they don't want or need to fit.
*folds soapbox*
This is not one of those weeks. x.x
Also, I've moved mostly to my new computer, but have not yet moved all the fun stuff over to this computer, so there hasn't been much to post.
I just need to let you know that I'm heading out to NEW ZEALAND on the 10th! Some of you may know that my sister is spending the semester in Melbourne, Australia, and she figured that she might as well explore New Zealand while she's over there. And dude, how could I pass that up. I found cheap tickets, got the time off of work, and I'm going to go on an 7-day tour of New Zealand! Yes, including several memorable scenes from Lord of the Rings, most important to me is Hobbiton. Fwee!
So, there. My continued hiatus, now with an excuse.
And ... I've heard that deviantArt has continued to be stupid and to pry into things that don't concern them? What does it even MATTER what an artist/writer identifies as, to them? Is it to map demographics or something? I don't understand the necessity of the gender checkbox.
I went to a "women's" college, but that gets air quotes because even on my tiny campus, there was such a spectrum of gender and sex that I know exactly how diverse things can get. Gender has nothing to do with sex. Just because I happen to be physically female and identify in a generally feminine way, I fit the cissexual norm. (I think I'm using that right ... it's been a while since my gender theory classes.) Neither sex NOR gender is an A or B situation. It may be for some people, but for others they fit neither A nor B, or they fit aspects of both. And maybe their sex is easily defined, but their gender is not. And that doesn't necessarily mean that the person is transsexual ... I've also heard the terms genderqueer, genderfluid, and genderfucked, for people who just plain don't conform to the black-and-white version people seem to have of gender and sex. And that's just fine.
So for me, personally, asking me to check A or B is a simple choice, and one I don't mind making. But I'm a bit ticked that they're ignoring all of my genderfluid siblings and forcing them into boxes that they don't want or need to fit.
*folds soapbox*