Comments on: Gender Bending http://richardfife.com/2010/07/gender-bending/ Short stories and a blog on writing Mon, 07 May 2012 18:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rhiannon http://richardfife.com/2010/07/gender-bending/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Rhiannon Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:02:10 +0000 http://richardfife.com/?p=307#comment-206 Thought: this is gender bending at its finest. Homonormative or heteronormative, "normative" is key, and not very bendy. Singing a song in another gender is saying: it's the humanity in the song that matters. It's the humanity in the story that matters. Gender is only language "he"/"she", but being human, being human transcends gender. "Human" means male/female both at the same time. They're all OUR stories. Does anyone get this? it's a distinction that requires a bit of mind stretchiness. But so many of y'all under 40 or so seem to be getting the hang of a certain amount of gender thought yoga--it's worth a try. Patty Griffin does this too. I think we're more used to women "getting" it because we live in a world where "mankind" means a species of which 51% of the members are not men. So we're used to ALWAYS hearing our humanity in another gender. Thought:
this is gender bending at its finest. Homonormative or heteronormative, “normative” is key, and not very bendy. Singing a song in another gender is saying: it’s the humanity in the song that matters. It’s the humanity in the story that matters. Gender is only language “he”/”she”, but being human, being human transcends gender. “Human” means male/female both at the same time. They’re all OUR stories.

Does anyone get this? it’s a distinction that requires a bit of mind stretchiness. But so many of y’all under 40 or so seem to be getting the hang of a certain amount of gender thought yoga–it’s worth a try.

Patty Griffin does this too. I think we’re more used to women “getting” it because we live in a world where “mankind” means a species of which 51% of the members are not men. So we’re used to ALWAYS hearing our humanity in another gender.

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