Comments on: A Genderswitched Anthology http://loveandzombies.co.uk/2012/06/a-genderswitched-anthology/ Kate Harrad: selling her soul to go to the ball. Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:13:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Philip Purser-Hallard http://loveandzombies.co.uk/2012/06/a-genderswitched-anthology/#comment-15501 Philip Purser-Hallard Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:59:48 +0000 http://loveandzombies.co.uk/?p=1057#comment-15501 Someone pointed me to this on Twitter. It's a fascinating idea, but I'm wondering what you do when you run up against actual biology -- heroines getting pregnant, for instance, or characters whose fathers are too elderly to be their biological mothers. Does Lord (formerly Lady) Macbeth still say "I have given suck"? It seems to me that assuming an alternative biology in which men are impregnated by women and breastfeed their children would mean you weren't saying anything meaningful about actual men and women, just changing the words you use to refer to them. But to avoid that you'd have to go a lot further and tinker with plot as well as text. Would be interesting to know your thoughts... Someone pointed me to this on Twitter. It’s a fascinating idea, but I’m wondering what you do when you run up against actual biology — heroines getting pregnant, for instance, or characters whose fathers are too elderly to be their biological mothers. Does Lord (formerly Lady) Macbeth still say “I have given suck”?

It seems to me that assuming an alternative biology in which men are impregnated by women and breastfeed their children would mean you weren’t saying anything meaningful about actual men and women, just changing the words you use to refer to them. But to avoid that you’d have to go a lot further and tinker with plot as well as text. Would be interesting to know your thoughts…

]]> By: Rose Fox http://loveandzombies.co.uk/2012/06/a-genderswitched-anthology/#comment-15496 Rose Fox Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:36:33 +0000 http://loveandzombies.co.uk/?p=1057#comment-15496 Hee, just spotted a "my dear fellow" in <em>Portrait</em>--it is rather untranslatable! Hee, just spotted a “my dear fellow” in Portrait–it is rather untranslatable!

]]> By: James Wallis http://loveandzombies.co.uk/2012/06/a-genderswitched-anthology/#comment-15483 James Wallis Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:16:32 +0000 http://loveandzombies.co.uk/?p=1057#comment-15483 I am honoured to have been allowed to lend a tiny hand in helping you get this delightful book out. I am honoured to have been allowed to lend a tiny hand in helping you get this delightful book out.

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