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Title: Living a life that doesn't feel quite right
Post by: Butterfly on May 07, 2009, 06:30:18 PM
Post by: Butterfly on May 07, 2009, 06:30:18 PM
Living a life that doesn't feel quite right
The Daily Aztec
By Amy Ebersole, Staff Writer
May 7, 2009
http://www.thedailyaztec.com/features/science-technology/living-a-life-that-doesn-t-feel-quite-right-1.1746295 (http://www.thedailyaztec.com/features/science-technology/living-a-life-that-doesn-t-feel-quite-right-1.1746295)
Two orange bottles: one full of estrogen and the other a testosterone blocker, sit next to a miniature dragon figurine. Both exist in real and virtual reality.
What do dragons, hormone therapy pills, reality and virtual reality have in common? Transformation.
Micha Cárdenas, is a biological man who identifies as a transgendered woman, dragon and grad student at University of California San Diego. She explores issues of gender, identity and the subject in transition for "Becoming Dragon," a virtual reality/performance art/gender activism project.
The Daily Aztec
By Amy Ebersole, Staff Writer
May 7, 2009
http://www.thedailyaztec.com/features/science-technology/living-a-life-that-doesn-t-feel-quite-right-1.1746295 (http://www.thedailyaztec.com/features/science-technology/living-a-life-that-doesn-t-feel-quite-right-1.1746295)
Two orange bottles: one full of estrogen and the other a testosterone blocker, sit next to a miniature dragon figurine. Both exist in real and virtual reality.
What do dragons, hormone therapy pills, reality and virtual reality have in common? Transformation.
Micha Cárdenas, is a biological man who identifies as a transgendered woman, dragon and grad student at University of California San Diego. She explores issues of gender, identity and the subject in transition for "Becoming Dragon," a virtual reality/performance art/gender activism project.
Title: Re: Living a life that doesn't feel quite right
Post by: placeholdername on May 07, 2009, 06:51:40 PM
Post by: placeholdername on May 07, 2009, 06:51:40 PM
I feel like I remember someone posting on here also about being 'dragon'.