According to newspapers reporting on what an Australian newspaper reported, Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite: [link] (I hope that's the right term, and not offensive. Some of the other articles started with something like, "Caster's a woman ... and a man!" but this one seemed relatively "just the facts.")
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Sep 10, 2009 2:07:28 pm PDT #7944 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2009 2:17:00 pm PDT #7945 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm sure hermaphrodite is not the right term, just because the first thing I think of never is.
I feel bad for Caster, because it seems the male organs were internal, so how was ze to know?
sarameg - Sep 10, 2009 2:19:59 pm PDT #7946 of 30001
Baltimore City, why do you forsake my recycling??
I spent half the day in meetings. So I swam extra long. Fair trade, I think.
Jesse - Sep 10, 2009 2:26:39 pm PDT #7947 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I want to say intersex is right.
Ginger - Sep 10, 2009 2:32:54 pm PDT #7948 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Velociraptors on a Zeppelin!
In which, I assume, velociraptors attack by leaping from the Zeppelin.
This reminds me of the Christmas cards [link] and children's plates from around 1900 featuring Santa using a Zeppelin rather than those old-fashioned reindeer.
Dana - Sep 10, 2009 2:35:14 pm PDT #7949 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I just logged into LinkedIn, and it suggested three people I might know. All of whom I do, and two of whom are Plei and -t.
How does it KNOW?
Okay, Emily's in there too, and one of my friends from high school.
Dana - Sep 10, 2009 2:40:23 pm PDT #7950 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And I also just gave in and created a Facebook account.
HOW DOES IT KNOW? It's got suggestions for friends, family, old classmates, people currently in my choir...all I did was tell it my name!
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2009 2:41:47 pm PDT #7951 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I want to say intersex is right.
Looks like you're right.
Gender row athlete: What is intersexuality?
This condition, known as intersex, is commonly referred to as hermaphroditism. (Some support groups say that the term "hermaphroditism" can be inaccurate and offensive, as it implies that someone is both fully male and fully female, which is a physiologic impossibility.)
According to the Intersex Society of North America, (ISNA) intersex is a "general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male."
Okay, off to watch tennis.
Steph L. - Sep 10, 2009 2:50:14 pm PDT #7952 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I want to say intersex is right.
I think so.
And wasn't there something recently about Lady Gaga being intersex?
Jesse - Sep 10, 2009 2:52:08 pm PDT #7953 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
HOW DOES IT KNOW? It's got suggestions for friends, family, old classmates, people currently in my choir...all I did was tell it my name!
My belief is that when someone lets it search their email address book, it remembers that they searched for you, when you finally show up. Or similar.
And wasn't there something recently about Lady Gaga being intersex?
She supposedly said she has a peen and a vag, or something, and there was a video that supposedly showed same.