Considered to be one of the most important and prominent figures in trans history, Christine Jorgensen was a pioneer in her own right. Jorgensen first garnered major attention when she became the first American to bring attention to gender reassignment surgery in 1952, after travelling to Denmark for the procedure. Going on to become an actress and a writer, Jorgensen’s story was what brought trans issues to the forefront of America’s mind, and opened up a national conversation, framing many aspects
Gender is it a concept or is it made apparent by our DNA when you are born or does it change as you grow older? Often gender is something that society defines at birth. According to society certain gender roles are pre established when we are born. The majority of society believes that if you are born to a specific gender you should adhere to the gender roles while other people believe that instead we may be born to a gender but it does not always decide if you are that gender. Science has proven
Dark Matter is a spoken word duo created by the poets and activists Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian. The duo is well known for writing and performing their spoken word poetry on topics relating to race and gender identity but they also write about regular things that go on in their lives that can be relatable to any population. In a solo performance done by Vaid-Menon called “Reincarnation,” they address the subject matter of being transgender and the relationship between them and their
“T MINUS TEN!... NINE!... EIGHT!...” My heart raced with excitement and fear. I could hardly breathe. Thoughts sped through my head at lightning speed. This was all I had worked so hard to be a part of my entire life. I was about to become a part of one of the greatest events in history. “SEVEN!... SIX!”, the loudspeaker boomed. Today was the day that my astronaut crew would take space exploration to a new level. The world’s greatest scientists and engineers had been planning for this day for over
Introduction: Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain was published in 1977 as the seventh novel in her literary career. In western countries, in the mid of 1970s there, a new ‘ism’ was originated, i.e., Feminism. So there onwards, many theories are coming up on feminism and it became an important genre in literary criticism, especially in the western countries. The scholars’ attitude towards women in a given period reflected the status of women in western society. Along with attitude of the scholars
The feminist theory is based on finding and exposing negative attitudes toward women in literature. Their goal is to reveal the reality of how women get portrayed in literature due to the fact that most literature presents an inaccurate view of women and are most of the time minimized. In the Catcher in the Rye there is a few female characters such as Sunny, the girls at the club, and Sally who are put in situations that show nothing but stereotypes and puts them in a bad spot throughout the novel
QUESTION – IDENTIFY A MARGINALISED WRITER AND ANALYSE ONE WORK OF THE IDENTIFIED WRITER ON THE GROUNDS OF THE FOLLOWING: • THEMATIC STUDY • CRITICAL ANALYSIS CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is one of the best known Indian writers who have a feminist ideology. Chitra, an American based Indian writer, is known for her bold and fearless remarks on themes that include the Indian experience, contemporary America, history, myth, superstitions, faith and most importantly, feminism
The word ‘Feminism’ seems to refer to an intense awareness of identity as a woman and interest in feminine problems. The subjugation of woman is a central fact of history and it is the main cause of all psychological disorders in society. Feminism in Indian literature, particularly in Indian English writing, is a by-product of western feminist movement. The last few decades are marked by a new genre of writing by women, for women and about women. The Indian woman caught in the flux of tradition and
Did you know that there is injustice in the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen? The men in A Doll’s House treat women differently than how they treat other men. To society at the time men were above women. This idea is supported by the way that Nora is treated like a child by her husband Torvald, the way Nora has to follow all her husband’s decisions, during that time period women didn't typically have a job or education. When all of the evidence is presented the reader can therefore decided whether
Christine de Pizan uses her literary work, The Book of the City of Ladies, as a way to criticize medieval European society through the extensive use of multifaceted characters in a physical world setting. Through the construction of the City of Ladies, Christine questions the world that man created and proves that women are much more capable of doing physical and intellectual activities than men give them credit for. The story opens with Christine reading Lamentations, written by a thirteenth century
practitioner A true transgender person who truly has Gender Dysphoria will stand by his or her decision to become the preferred gender. A true transgender is determined to self-identify. Christine Jorgensen was asked on why some transsexuals are still in the same emotional shape even after transition and so Christine said: “There have been a few people who were unhappy about their status in life and they felt that the sexual reassignment surgery will change their life that much, and it really doesn’t