tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post454893444698570228..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: Testosterone Rex, by Cordelia FineAartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-22040875509365711692017-06-20T14:01:40.186-05:002017-06-20T14:01:40.186-05:00I don't know when this whole 'risk' th...I don't know when this whole 'risk' thing began. All of a sudden, it seemed like 'team-building' in schools and offices, and outward-boundy sorts of things were all the rage. Slogans came out about risk, making it sound like such a good thing, and that everyone should take risks. Where are the quiet introverts who are happy just being. Just being where they are, not wanting to go on a zip line or go to Thailand or jump out of a plane? Well, maybe I am the only one, but I am definitely not a risk-taker. Never have been, never will be. ;<))Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-87281201484956240012017-06-12T09:55:34.031-05:002017-06-12T09:55:34.031-05:00It's ok :-) It will still be around in future...It's ok :-) It will still be around in future!Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-75079205013082753392017-06-12T09:47:45.881-05:002017-06-12T09:47:45.881-05:00Ohmigosh, you're right! The math behind that ...Ohmigosh, you're right! The math behind that section was so excellent! I loved it.<br /><br />And you're right on the trans and intersex - she briefly mentions how differently we might approach the world if we were more flexible on definitions around that, but not to a huge extent. Possibly there isn't enough scientific study on these yet?Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-67101447284337441112017-06-12T09:46:13.206-05:002017-06-12T09:46:13.206-05:00Haha, yes, I completely understand that feeling! ...Haha, yes, I completely understand that feeling! And I didn't have any difficulty with the details in DoG, but in this one, I struggled a bit more. Could have just been my mood. DoG totally blew my mind and probably cemented my feminism. This does a lot of that, too :-)Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-3641233520323283052017-06-12T09:45:02.268-05:002017-06-12T09:45:02.268-05:00No, I don't think it's strange at all! It...No, I don't think it's strange at all! It may have just been my mood and concentration level. But there's nothing wrong with enjoying natural history :-)Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-42180318253392691482017-06-11T16:29:28.086-05:002017-06-11T16:29:28.086-05:00I really want to check this out at some point. Jus...I really want to check this out at some point. Just having a very quiet reading year, so haven't been adding any books to my TBR!Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-32955604505535764232017-06-09T18:55:18.965-05:002017-06-09T18:55:18.965-05:00YAY! My only note on this topic was that she barel...YAY! My only note on this topic was that she barely spoke about trans and intersex people at all, and I'd have liked to know her thoughts on the ways that trans and intersex folks complicate gender binaries and the way we talk about that stuff.<br /><br />However, the book still blew my damn mind. I'm like spoiling for a fight with the people who try to say that thing about how men are programmed to blah blah blah because evolution. I AM READY FOR IT NOW. (Seriously, the part where she laid out what would have had to happen for a guy to impregnate 100 women a year, that was gold.)Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-28642114988458818092017-06-09T16:27:59.622-05:002017-06-09T16:27:59.622-05:00Only recently did I discover that she'd writte...Only recently did I discover that she'd written this one: it sounds pretty great! I'm late to the DoG party myself, just finished chapter eight today, in fact. And while I do find something on nearly every page that makes me want to nudge the person next to me, so I can share my latest "discovery", I do find it's a fair bit of work. <br /><br />She packs a LOT of detail into a paragraph. So I can see where one might be inclined to want to skim. It's had the opposite effect on me with this one, however, as it's really slowed me down (but in a good way). Thanks for encouraging me to watch for Testosterone Rex next. (And, by next, I mean "who knows when, but someday, right?")Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-1242170082851309722017-06-08T13:00:18.673-05:002017-06-08T13:00:18.673-05:00I really loved this when I read it, I wasn't a...I really loved this when I read it, I wasn't at all bored by the fish bits :) But then again I do read the very occasional natural history book so maybe I have strange tastes in non-fiction.<br /><br />I loved the bits on risk taking, it all made so much sense. And I agree, Fine has a great way of being passionate and humorous, makes her work very easy to read.Fencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478271943214944729noreply@blogger.com