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Reflections on Saturday: the Mighty Story, the Mirror Stage, and Henry Perowne’s Ocular Proof

• April 16, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Gender, Medicine and literature, Saturday, Ship Fever
Tags: Andrea Barrett, Henry Perowne, Ian McEwan, mirror stage, narrative medicine, ocular proof, Rita Charon, Saturday, Ship Fever

Is the Genetic Code Bourgeois?

• March 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Darwin, Double Helix, Evolution, Gender, Genetic determinism, Gold Bug Variations
Tags: bourgeois, heteronormativity, richard powers, The Gold Bug Variations

Unsexy Science, or What is Art?

• February 26, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Beaker's Dozen, Gender, Genetic engineering, Science Fiction
Tags: ballet, Beaker's Dozen, Blade Runner, dance, Genetic engineering, Jack the Ripper

Mother Time

• February 12, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Gattaca, Gender, Science and humanities
Tags: artificial reproduction, Gattaca, genome time, maternity