On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 10:03:34AM +1200, Simon Britnell wrote:
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> This has me thinking about the following questions:
> 1) What are the essential features of a "cat fight"
> 2) Why do I see them as a female thing
> I suspect the answer to 1 is complex and the answer to 2 has to do with
>
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 04:48:47PM -0400, Rikki McGinty wrote:
> oh my god. i just read Rob's ridiculous "article" and am truly nauseous.
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/23/202252&mode=thread
I donno. Kinda had a point about geek-on-geek relationships.
When one of your first questions
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 05:17:02PM -0600, Ian Hall-Beyer wrote:
> Heehee... You just described a good chunk of our relationship. as
> a result, we each have our own copies of various techie books.
> The other big quarrel is shortly after the acquisition of cool
> new hardware... It's a sad fact
On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 11:10:09PM -0800, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
> An interesting experience was brought up at the end: a male to female
> post-op was working as a computer programmer. After the operation, her
> salary decreased by $2000. My mouth definitely dropped open!
ah yes, the estrogen ta
sorry, this is a bit long and ramblely. Thanks to the list
for providing such material to chew on.
On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 11:00:35PM -0500, Deidre L. Calarco wrote:
> > should change. We persist in using this XOR model of woman/man, but I'm
> > sure there's a better way.
>
> Why associate al
On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 12:31:45AM -0500, Deidre L. Calarco wrote:
> > hmmm. then it would be that you don't have a concept of "gender"?
> > It seems to me that if one did not have a concept of gender then
> > the label "woman" or "man" would be meaningless.
>
> To me, "man" and "woman" are very
On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 11:34:25AM -0800, Amber Fechko wrote:
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> This reminds me of myself. :) When I was younger, I absolutely
> /loved/ the Transformers, both the comic books and the TV series. I'd get
> up to watch it with my brother.. all the while being teased by both my
> parents and my
