“Aiesu” (Inter Sex) by ROKUHANA Chiyo

24.07.2011

Case 1 and Case 2 seem pretty much the same to me, even as they deal with different kinds of intersexuality and they have the same conclusion (it is my understanding that some intersex people feel gendered one way or the other and want to be completely that sex as well as gender).

2011, book-2011 ( Read more... )

25.09.2011

It's been quite a while since a book grabed me this way, I did have to take some breaks since it's emotionally quite trying at times (in a good way) so it took me 5 days to finish, when I started I felt I'd be done way too soon and the feeling remains.

It’s hard to read Annabel without thinking of Middlesex by J. Eugenides. Being that I ( Read more... )

"Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides.

First read: 06-02-2008 (audiobook)

Second read: 28.07.2012 (in paper. To think I meant to re-read this once a year!)

Notes: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Middlesex is an epic with all the right references and literary credentials. But it's not at all pretentious, there is undeniable passion behind the academic ( Read more... )