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__**Middlesex: The Oracular Vulva, Looking Myself up in Webster's**__

Describe a time when a particular word became important to you. was there a situation that made it so? Or was there a time when you felt limited by words and wished that you could make up a word to describe the way you were feeling? I cannot think of any particular moment when either of these occurred, but i know that there are a lot of times when i look for a word that means two different things and i wish there was a word that covered all of what i wanted to say. at times like these i use the thesaurus but i only sometimes find the word i'm searching for. i like to think that actions demonstrate more than words, like my parents will ask for facts about my friends, but even though i do not know the answers to this i know who they are because of the time weve spent together. times like these i feel that words don't cover the span of our relationship. some words that i like the real definitions of are, ignorant and religious vs spiritual. another word that i love is mantra, because i think it show that a saying is more than just words. this has become important to me because when i'm stressed or worried ill remember it.

__5. My Reaction__
 * Dr. Luce
 * he treats Callie too much like an experiment and he has no respect or care for Callie as a person
 * 408 "savoring me" "living experiment," 412 "research material" "specimens," 412-3 "For a moment it felt merely strange, as he'd suggested. But then a sharp pain shot through me. I jerked back, crying out...Nevertheless, he kept on...He probed in farther, though he avoided the painful area. My eyes were welling with tears...But he was only getting started," 414 "Tessie, on the other hand, heard the words that weren't there. The doctor hadn't said my name for instance. He hadn't said "Calliope" or "Callie." He hadn't said "daughter" either. He didn't use any pronouns at all"
 * he leads Callie to lie to him because he pressures her into becoming something she's not
 * 421
 * he is vulgar, rude, and inappropriate
 * 419
 * he is arrogant and is blind to the possibility that he is wrong
 * the report 435-7
 * all in all, i extremely dislike him!!!! i feel horrible for Callie and i am saddened that the one who should understand her/him basically violates her/him and her/his privacy.
 * Monster 430
 * ridiculous, does it actually lead to that?
 * poor callie/cal, she/he does not know much of what is going on so she/he is left to try and understand.

__Raquel Welch vs Twiggy 434__ Rachel is a famous actress, who had large breasts and was considered very attractive. Twiggy is a renowned model who created a new style, she was popular as a young girl and looked physically immature. Dr. Luce says that after her surgery, Callie will be in between the two women. Either way, Dr. Luce's examples are successful admired women used to sway Callie into wanting to go through with the surgery. http://www.google.com/search?q=raquel+welch&hl=en&prmd=imvnsol&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=X9fOTpSjGcTV0QG0_NkW&sqi=2&ved=0CFEQsAQ&biw=1427&bih=719#hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=twiggy&pbx=1&oq=twiggy&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=99896l101235l0l101790l6l6l0l0l0l0l487l2106l2-3.0.3l6l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=ca4e58b65560962c&biw=1427&bih=719 http://www.google.com/search?q=raquel+welch&hl=en&prmd=imvnsol&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=X9fOTpSjGcTV0QG0_NkW&sqi=2&ved=0CFEQsAQ&biw=1427&bih=719

__Turner's Syndrome 411__ this disease is when the child only has an X chromosome, or the other has serious mutations. this means that the child is a girl, but she will be unable to have children, among other problems. this sterility is similar to hermaphrodites. Dr. Luce also treats these girls along with other people with genetic disorders. I wonder if he acts towards them as he does to Callie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_syndrome