Comments on Cala - Transgender in Second Life: Second Life is a Post-Gender environment

Our view our video series on postgendersim http:...

2009-07-25T02:18:09.856-07:00

Our view our video series on postgendersim

http://www.transalchemy.com/2009/07/postgenderism-gender-singularity-video.html

And yet I know of so many times where I've seen th...

2008-09-26T05:35:00.000-07:00

And yet I know of so many times where I've seen those RL assumptions transferred to SL. Furries (which are impossible in RL) sometimes get fairly racist responses in some quarters. I remember being at the Transgender Lounge in SL after a dance and some tourist appeared - their first question was "So are you really a girl or what?"

Somethings don't change (sigh).

So true: there are people I know in SL who present...

2008-07-24T07:41:00.000-07:00

So true: there are people I know in SL who present in all sorts of gender forms, and who shift their forms -- either via alts or just using different avatars on thier main. The presentation of identity -- and the moments where we go beyond an identity framework -- are one of the wonderful things of SL.

Tom Boellstorf gave an interesting lecture at SL5B...

2008-07-07T11:07:00.000-07:00

Tom Boellstorf gave an interesting lecture at SL5B the other day where he observed that often when you meet someone in Second Life you learn who they are "from the inside out" as opposed to when you meet someone in First Life where you learn who they are "from the outside in". I thought that was a very clear way of putting it and jives a lot with the observations in your blog post. I still haven't managed to read his book yet (Coming of Age in Second Life) but it's on my nightstand! :-) -Jani

Very nice post! I agree that being post-gender in...

2008-07-02T06:38:00.000-07:00

Very nice post! I agree that being post-gender in this sense (not to mention post-race, post-physical-ability, post-baldness) is a great things about Second Life. I'd love to think of some wise thing to add, but mostly I'm just nodding my head. :)

Probably why there was such an uproar at the conce...

2008-06-23T16:57:00.000-07:00

Probably why there was such an uproar at the concept of identity verification in SL. In the first blog post they referred to verifying everything: age, gender, and so on. They even referred to it as needed so you could trust people.

*sigh*

It is interesting to look at the situation with child avatars. Often the reflex reaction is not good and that we belong on the teen grid. Of course, it does not take a huge leap of logic that child AVs are actually adults who wish to be seen as children.

Great post about gender and leaving our pre(mis)co...

2008-06-16T04:59:00.000-07:00

Great post about gender and leaving our pre(mis)conceptions behind and seeing the core persona inside the avatar/individual! Also, wonderful to see you blogging again after such a long abscence!