I should begin by saying I’m fairly sure this is not a hoax. Several credible sources (the U.K. Telegraph, Discover, and Yahoo! Sports among them) are reporting that Caster Semenya has had a makeover and is on the cover of South Africa’s You magazine this week. Here is the photo: This photo, apparently, is meant [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Caster Semenya’
Lady Picture Show
Posted in sports, tagged caster, Caster Semenya, femininity, gender, intersex, you magazine on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Running of the Genders
Posted in sports, tagged athletes, Caster Semenya, femininity, sex on August 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The issues involving Caster Semenya, the gold medal runner who has been asked to undergo genetic testing, are complicated and multi-layered, and lay bare many of the assumptions we hold about gender. First there is the simple question of why she is suspected of being a man at all, which is apparently simply that she [...]