Tag Archives: binaries

Intersex in history

Posted on May 26, 2019 by fluff35

The risk of saying anything about people with VSC is that, not being one of them, I may have no right to comment. But I’m a historian, and there’s a history here, and perhaps my role is to inform people of that. Continue reading →

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Into Advent

Posted on November 27, 2016 by fluff35

  I’m trying to take Advent seriously this year by immersing myself as far as I can in the rich symbolism of watching and waiting, of light and darkness, of hope and fulfillment. So naturally it had to begin with … Continue reading →

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One sex, two sexes, and Christians

Posted on August 31, 2016 by fluff35

The wonderful Twitter just drew my attention to this article I’d missed on the OUP blog when it was published in July: ‘The influence of premodern theories about sex and gender’ by Adrian Thatcher. Thatcher asks great questions about why … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, back in the toilet…

Posted on March 28, 2016 by fluff35

This is the third in a series of reflections after the Shared Conversations (edited 31 March) In a previous post, I’ve commented on how wonderful it was to get to the loo and sit alone in a space where nobody … Continue reading →

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Fruit or chocolate?

Posted on February 6, 2016 by fluff35

Did the fruit people think the chocolate people were gluttons? Continue reading →

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