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I utterly reject "Queer Theory" as per Camille Paglia did in her brilliant essay "Junk Bonds and Corporate Raiders" in "Sex, Art and American Culture" A must read antidote to the post modern crap. Suzan Cooke Hank Bromley wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Lisa Lees wrote: > > > [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... > > In addition to Lisa's point (I've written a paper that does, > in fact, for those reasons talk about transgendered identity > alongside the cyborg idea, as similar in some ways; > http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/fas/bromley/classes/socprac/border.htm), > it's important that the original notice puts the word 'unnaturalness' > in scare quotes. The authors are indicating that they themselves > don't view transsexuals as unnatural at all, but on the contrary > wish to analyze and criticize the usage of that label by others. > > -- Hank Bromley > [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%