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Benjamin A Boyce's avatar

Gender as a social conduct. Not only a costume, but a character that’s played. A sculpting of the tone of voice, the body’s shape and movement to look and sound the part—and then a script, more or less improvised on, that emits predictable signals that return certain responses.

And it’s not enough to just catch attention, one has to capture it for long enough to extract the desired resource—be it love or power or money or fame.

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Andrea Baird's avatar

Katherine love how your mind is like a bower bird- putting all the bits that get your attention into some sort of beautiful thing. Love your writing. Great piece from the vault!

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