Anna,
I think you hit the nail on the head - I am going to use your argument from
here onwards whenever somebody uses the C word within earshot.
Thank you.
Cheers,
Stephen
>From: [log in to unmask] (Anna)
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask] (Anna)
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: CFP:Performing Unnatural Acts
>Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 08:11:17 +0100
>
>Lisa Lees <[log in to unmask]> replied:
> >[log in to unmask] (Anna) says,
> >
> > [snip]
> > >> THEORIZING THE CYBORG: transgendered, transsexual,
> > >> issues of technology, inorganicity, "unnaturalness."
> >
> > Geeeesh! Cyborg? "unnaturalness"! Do these people have any
> > clue at all! How DARE thy lump transsexuality in like that!
> >
> >My dictionary defines cyborg as a human modified with
> >artificial organs or body parts. I can certainly see trans
> >people who have made use of medical technology falling
> >within that definition, as well as the many people who rely
> >on technology to augment or correct vision, hearing,
> >pulmonary, cardiac, or other functions of their birth body.
> >Access to such technology is most certainly dependent on race
> >and class. Sounds like an interesting area to explore.
> >
> >Cyborgs of the world, unite!
> >Forget the past, secure the present, look to the future!
>
>So are XX women with breast augmentation to be called cyborgs? The elderly
>with hip replacements? The person with new heart valves? Or do
>transsexuals get targetted for it? And do we get targetted even if nothing
>of our bodies is made of artificial materials, but only of our own skin?
>
>Anna
>
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