Middlesex+Book+2+journal+3

__Secrets__ I cannot think of a big secret, but now I struggle with whether or not to tell people where all i am applying to college. part of me does not care while the other part wants to keep quiet so that if I don't get in, its not a big deal slash I can be more private with my shame/humiliation (yes that is an exaggeration...somewhat). but it is hard because that is the go to topic so it is awkward to avoid the subject. earlier today i mentioned that a friend of mine applied ED to Bucknell. I did not mention her name because, since i am struggling with this, i am especially sensitive to whether or not someone wants to share such information, but then the people i was with became really concerned with finding out who it was. i find it ridiculous that people don't respect other's privacy and are so concerned with unimportant issues. and i know that if it were a really big deal it would be even worse.
 * __Middlesex: Ford and Minotaurs__**

__Hemophilia and Romanovs pg 116__ Genetic diseases were common in royalty because they were inbred like the Bythanios. Hemophilia is when the blood cells don't clot and it recessive and carried on the x chromosome. Alexei had it from his mother Alexandra who carried it from Queen Victoria. I was unable to find much information connecting hermaphrodites and hemophilia because all of the sources that looked promising i needed to be subscribed to the website in order the view. I do know that they are both caused by inbreeding. this is an interesting continuation from what i began discussing in the first journal for taboos and how I am sure some of them come from evolutionary concepts. This would be another example cited against marriages with close relations. referenced pg 157 http://www.sciencecases.org/hemo/hemo.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Nikolaevich,_Tsarevich_of_Russia http://dev.biologists.org/content/129/2/479.short

__Collier and Harper pg 84__ Collier's Weekly was a newspaper on "investigative journaling" and popular literature. this shows that Lina is intelligent and educated and wants to be modern and progressive as well. I believe Lina also referred to Harper's weekly, which is another literary critical newspaper an dshows that she is smart enough to want multiple opinions. Or it could be from black, southern culture in which case Lina would be a progressive and an activist (i would imagine), which would fit my understanding of her character since i picture her as pushing the limits but i don't know that she is that giving and well caring about others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier's_Weekly http://www.gradesaver.com/turn-of-the-screw/study-guide/about/ http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/blacklit.html http://www.answers.com/topic/harper-s-weekly

__Interesting Quotations:__
 * "Whoever called it morning sickness was a man...He was just home in the morning to notice" Lina (109). I think this is funny and also emphasizes the separate spheres of women and men.
 * "Pregnancy humbled the husbands. After an initial rush of male pride, they quickly recognized the minor role that nature has assigned them in the drama of reproduction, and quietly withdrew into a baffled reserve, catalysts to an explosion they couldn't explain" (109). Again i think that this is extremely funny, maybe because im such a feminist but i love how nature gives women this huge role in life which is the opposite of society, which give the men all of the responsibility.
 * "Remember that play we saw? All women are like that. given the chance they'd fornicate with a bull...Women aren't like us. They have carnal natures. The best thing to do with them is to shut them up in a maze...pregnancy" Zizmo (113). This highlights Zizmos' sexism! I saw some rudeness and arrogance, but i didn't realize how much. I also think this is an interesting portrayal of pregnancy and plays with the greek allusion and gender identity, comparing women to animals and pregnancy to a curse. I have heard that in some other countries women are revered for being able to have babies and create life.
 * all of these quotations have to do with pregnancy i realize, but i think that they also show so much more of gender identities and portrayals. As i read these i was wondering whether or not the author was a female and figured that it was, but its is a man...which shows my stereotypes and influence from society as well.