For some reason, I couldn't post in Sabrina's journal forever. Everytime I would click comment it would display only a white page...
Anyway, I have been waiting to post something to this entry and I thought it would be good to post it as a reply to your comment since you have an intersex child.
I just finished reading a really good book called Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides. It's sort of a take on a Greek epic following this one mutated gene through time. It won the 2003 Pulitzer too. The protagonist has 5-alpha-reductase deficiency and itt is about being brought up as one sex when you are really another sex as well as associated struggles. I felt it was a very good read and it was the first time in text that I had seen an intersex protagonist portrayed as neither pathetic or permanently mentally screwed-up. I think it would be worth a read for both of you guys as it tackles a number of subjects like incest, homosexual love, etc. with in a pretty inspired way. Anyway, thought I would recommend it to you both but if you have read it, I would love to hear your thoughts. :D
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Date: 2007-07-02 11:14 am (UTC)Anyway, I have been waiting to post something to this entry and I thought it would be good to post it as a reply to your comment since you have an intersex child.
I just finished reading a really good book called Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides. It's sort of a take on a Greek epic following this one mutated gene through time. It won the 2003 Pulitzer too. The protagonist has 5-alpha-reductase deficiency and itt is about being brought up as one sex when you are really another sex as well as associated struggles. I felt it was a very good read and it was the first time in text that I had seen an intersex protagonist portrayed as neither pathetic or permanently mentally screwed-up. I think it would be worth a read for both of you guys as it tackles a number of subjects like incest, homosexual love, etc. with in a pretty inspired way. Anyway, thought I would recommend it to you both but if you have read it, I would love to hear your thoughts. :D