In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Saturday, November 15, 2003

Gender Bending 

My friend Debbie O'Neill sent along this little goodie called The Gender Genie. If you like Cosmo quizzes, you'll like this. (Well, I think you'll like it—I actually haven't looked at a Cosmo in 25 years. Do they still have quizzes?) These folks believe they've come up with a formula that can determine from your writing whether you are male or female. My kneejerk reaction was that their conclusions were completely sexist, so I was tickled pink (or would that be blue for boy?) when 7 out of 8 times the program determined that I was a testosterone-addled (Mario's term, not mine) male from my writing. (I used fiction, nonfiction, and weblog postings.) Mario did it twice. Once the program determined he was a girlie man and once he was a boyish woman. It's so nice to know we're bending right along with the rest of the world...
Posted by: Kim Antieau / 11/15/2003 01:32:00 AM
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