It's easy to fictionalize an issue when you're not aware of the many ways in which you are privileged by it.
Kate BornsteinThe choice between two of something is not a choice at all, but rather the opportunity to subscribe to the value system which holds the two presented choices as mutually exclusive alternatives.
Kate BornsteinDisney will never make a movie about my life story, and that's a shame--I'd make a really cute animated creature.
Kate BornsteinThe first question we usually ask new parents is : โIs it a boy or a girl ?โ. There is a great answer to that one going around : โWe donโt know ; it hasnโt told us yet.โ Personally, I think no question containing โeither/orโ deserves a serious answer, and that includes the question of gender.
Kate Bornstein