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Stephanie is joined by Elizabeth Reis where they kick off the second half with their top twos as well as discuss their favorite ways to protein pack your breakfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stephanie is joined by Elizabeth Reis for this week's Weekly Dish. They share a controversial best soup in MPLS ranking as well as their favorite spring cooking recipes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stephanie is joined by Elizabeth Reis for this week's Weekly Dish. They share a controversial best soup in MPLS ranking as well as their favorite spring cooking recipes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stephanie is joined by Elizabeth Reis where they kick off the second half with their top twos as well as discuss their favorite ways to protein pack your breakfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bodies, Episode #1 of 3. Historian Thomas Lacquer's 1992 Making Sex argues that the one sex model dominated ancient and medieval medicine and popular ideas of sex, until, approximately, the Enlightenment, which gradually dispelled the one sex model in favor of the two-sex model--the strict dimorphic binary of sex, male and female, that most people are probably familiar with today. While numerous historians, and particularly historians of the ancient and medieval periods, have challenged the scope and specifics of Lacquer's thesis, the revolution in gender history that his work prompted is undeniable. To kick off this series on Bodies, we're going to talk about the history of how sex - or the meaning and value ascribed to genitals - was socially and scientifically constructed and reconstructed in Europe over the last two thousand years. For a full transcript, bibliography, and more, visit digpodcast.org Select Bibliography Judith Butler, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Routledge, 1990).  Joan Cadden, The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture (Cambridge University Press, 1995) Helen King, The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence (Routledge, 2013).  Thomas Lacquer, Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud (Harvard University Press, 1992) Elizabeth Reis, Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex (John Hopkins Press, 2021) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Backyard hockey rinks with Elizabeth Reis; Celebrities with backyard chickens! Food porn Friday: 4 things to try from Trader Joes! The couple that came together while their spouses ran off with each other: Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Backyard hockey rinks with Elizabeth Reis; Celebrities with backyard chickens! Food porn Friday: 4 things to try from Trader Joes! The couple that came together while their spouses ran off with each other: Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 days of cookies with Elizabeth Reis on Twin Cities Live! What is your favorite "Hallmark" genre Christmas movie; Another celebrity named in a tabloid as Taylor's best friend; Game show roulette with the Mighty Quinn! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 days of cookies with Elizabeth Reis on Twin Cities Live! What is your favorite "Hallmark" genre Christmas movie; Another celebrity named in a tabloid as Taylor's best friend; Game show roulette with the Mighty Quinn! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Season 2, Episode 2: "Am I Intersex?" with special guest: Elizabeth Reis For transcripts, follow the link here:   Show notes:  Elizabeth Reis, Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex (John Hopkins Univ. Press, updated edition 2021) Georgiann Davis, Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis (NYU Press, 2015) Katrina Karkazis, Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience (Duke Univ. Press, 2008) Hida Viliora, Born Both: An Intersex Life (Hatchette Books, 2017) Kimberly Zieselman, XOXY: A Memoir (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020) Anne Fausto-Sterling, Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality, 2nd ed. Stephanie Lohman and Eric Lohman, Raising Rosie: Our Story of Parenting an Intersex Child (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018) Sharon Preves, Intersex and Identity: The Contested Self (Rutgers Univ. Press, 2003)   Hans Lindahl (hanslindahl.com) Pidgeon Pagonis (http://pid.ge/) Sean Saifa Wall on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dJduGC3HyQ&t=127s and (https://www.seansaifa.com/)

It's the third and final chapter of the Fear Street trilogy! Join us as we discuss why the title really should have been Fear Street 1694, Puritan attitudes toward homosexuality, the good old days when gossip was a crime, and more! Sources: Rachel Black, Alcohol in Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia: https://books.google.com/books?id=mb0SZIYCXREC&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false https://nerfpedialegacy.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Soaker_50 Associated Press, "Doused Police Chief Hits Crowd with Pepper Spray," Chicago Tribune (25 July 1993): 16.  "Kids Turn in 100 Toy Weapons," Dayton Daily News (11 November 1994): 5B.  Sally Deneen, "In Play: A Consumer's Guide to Toys," Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (28 November 1991): 1E.  Christine Eisel, "Several Unhandsome Words": The Politics of Gossip in Early Virginia, dissertation (May 2012), https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=bgsu1332788117&disposition=inline   Francis T. McAndrew, "How "The Gossip" Became a Woman and How "Gossip" Became Her Weapon of Choice," The Oxford Handbook of Women and Competition, ed. Maryanne L. Fisher (2014). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank-Mcandrew/publication/261063555_How_The_Gossip_became_a_woman_and_how_Gossip_became_her_weapon_of_choice/links/5a0604e7a6fdcc65eab17a53/How-The-Gossip-became-a-woman-and-how-Gossip-became-her-weapon-of-choice.pdf  Susan Ratcliffe (ed.), "Gossip," in Oxford Essential Quotations, 6 ed. (Oxford University Press, 2018).  Gyles Brandreth (ed.), "Gossip," in Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, 5 ed. (Oxford University Press, 2014).  Mary Beth Norton, "Witchcraft in the Anglo-American Colonies," OAH Magazine of History 17, no.4 (2003): 5-10. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163614   Mary Beth Norton, "Gender and Defamation in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The William and Mary Quarterly 44, no.1 (1987): 3-39. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1939717  Walter W. Woodward, "New England's Other Witch-hunt: The Hartford Witch-hunt of the 1660s and Changing Patterns in Witchcraft Prosecution," OAH Magazine of History, 17, no.4 (2003): 16-20. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163616  Elizabeth Reis, "Confess or Deny? What's a "Witch" to Do?" OAH Magazine of History, 17, no.4 (2003):11-13. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25163615  Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_street_part_three_1666  Nick Allen, "Fear Street Part Three: 1666" Rogerebert.com (16 July 2021). https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fear-street-part-three-1666-2021  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Street_Part_Three:_1666  "Kiana Madeira & Olivia Scott Welch Discuss 'Fear Street' Movies | Entertainment Weekly" Entertainment Weekly YouTube (28 July 2021). https://youtu.be/dJR6EktKk-E   Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, ""Fear Street: 1666" Brings the Trilogy to a Very Gay Close," Autostraddle (19 July 2021). https://www.autostraddle.com/fear-street-1666-gay/  "Fear Street Cast Play MTV Yearbook & Reveal Creepy On Set Moment | MTV Movies" MTV UK YouTube (7 July 2021). https://youtu.be/_GxtoJ1uznY  Richard Godbeer, "The Cry of Sodom: Discourse, Intercourse, and Desire in Colonial New England," William and Mary Quarterly 52, 2 (1995) Roger Thompson, "Attitudes Towards Homosexuality in Seventeenth-Century New England Colonies," Journal of American Studies 23, 1 (1989)

Elizabeth Reis co-hosts the show along with Stephanie March today! They share some Father's Day present ideas involving the grill. Plus, Elizabeth shares her husband's famous Bloody Mary recipe.

Bella Hadid covers breasts with a stunning golden lungs necklace. More fashion from the Cannes film festival. Elizabeth Reis is in for a special Dirt Alet! Ben is Jumping all in with J-Lo and her kids.

Big Thank you to my Sponsors:www.douglasandtodd.comwww.previmedica.com PROMO CODE: BEN-20 for 20% off your orderStraight entertaining... that's what Steve is all about.  Ever since he was a young boy in Pittsburgh, PA he's always wanted to be in the entertainment business. That early curiosity became a passion when he saw a popular local television reporter doing a Live hit.  From that moment he knew he had to work in the business.  After high school, he and his girlfriend (now wife)  attended Azuza Pacific University just outside the entertainment capital of the world, Los Angeles.  While in college, Steve created a successful entertainment YouTube channel which was bought by REELZ channel.  He worked with REELZ in LA and Albuquerque. In 2013, he got a job with KSTP in Minneapolis as a reporter. His extremely funny and quick personality helped him land the job as co-host of Twin Cities Live with Elizabeth Reis.  It wasn't long before he was asked to do a fun weather hit for Live with Kelly and Michael (Strahan).  It was such a hit, he is now a regular contributor to the show Live with Kelly and Ryan.  Steve also co-host's a morning radio show for MyTalk 107.1 from 9-Noon everyday. You can find Steve on Twitter and IG at: @kstpsteve 

Crisco, Dez and Ryan After Hours: 429 – Today we replay the segment from this morning with Elizabeth Reis from Twin Cities Live telling us her viral body shaming story.

Crisco, Dez and Ryan After Hours: 429 - Today we replay the segment from this morning with Elizabeth Reis from Twin Cities Live telling us her viral body shaming story.

Elizabeth Reis from Twin Cities Live stopped to tell her viral story about body shaming.

In this episode, I chat about Lili Elbe, one of the first transgender woman to undergo gender affirmation surgery in the 20th century, as well as the movie made about her.Useful Links: The Orange Groves Network Join Our New Discord!Contact Us: LGBTimeMachine's Twitter Theo's TwitterSources Used in this Episode https://www.thoughtco.com/lili-elbe-biography-4176321 Alice Domurat Dreger. Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex. (Cambridge, Massachussetts: Harvard University Press, 1998), 82. Elizabeth Reis. "Impossible Hermaphrodites: Intersex in America, 1620-1960." Journal Of American History 92, no. 2 (September 2005), 412. The Temporality of Modernist Life Writing in the Era of Transsexulialism Lilli Elbe. Man Into Woman: The First Sex Change, a Portrait of Lili Elbe: The True and Remarkable Transformation of the Painter Einar Wegener. Ed. Niels Hoyer (London: Blue Boat Books, 2004), 22. Elizabeth Reis. "Impossible Hermaphrodites: Intersex in America, 1620-1960." Journal Of American History 92, no. 2 (September 2005), 412. The Temporality of Modernist Life Writing in the Era of Transsexulialism https://www.thoughtco.com/lili-elbe-biography-4176321 Worthen, Meredith. "Lili Elbe Biography." Bio.com. Who’s Who, Lili Elbe https://www.them.us/story/why-scarlett-johansson-or-any-cis-actor-should-never-play-trans-roles https://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/regressive-reductive-and-harmful-a-trans-womans-take-on-tom-hoopers-embarrassing-danish-girl-213499/

Films Discussed: ParaNorman (2012) The Blair Witch Project (1999) Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) Practical Magic (1998) The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2017) Written Material that Informed Discussion: These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling (2019)- literature Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self by Stacy Alaimo (2010)- academic/theory The Transmission of Affect by Teresa Brennan (2004)- academic/theory A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi (1992)- literature Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film by Barry Keith Grant (1996)- academic/theory In Horror Film, “The Witch,” Terror Stems from Puritanical Control of Women by Britt Ashley (2016)- theory A “final girl” who gets to get off: “The Witch” proves nothing’s scarier than an unapologetically liberated young woman by Eileen G’Seel (2016)- theory Why We Write About Witches by Sarah Gailey (2016) - pop culture article Women as Witches, Witches as Women: Witchcraft and Patriarchy in Colonial North America by Matthew Dennis and Elizabeth Reis (2015)- academic/theory Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Magic by Pamela Moro (2012)- academic/theory The Obscene Body/Politic by Carolee Schneemann (1991)- academic/theory The Embodied Goddess: Feminist Witchcraft and Female Divinity by Wendy Griffin (1995)- academic/theory The Disabling of Aging Female Bodies: Midwives, Procuresses, Witches and the Monstrous Mother by Encarnación Juárez-Almendros (2017)- academic/theory Secondary Targets? Male Witches on Trial by Lara Apps and Andrew Gow (2003)- academic/theory Invisible Men: the Historian and the Male Witch by Lara Apps and Andrew Gow (2003)- academic/theory

Let's talk about the devastating effects of Teen Mom. Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. Blind Items. Google Trends

Oh, look. Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk have broken up. Colored us 'surprised.' Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. 30 Second Pop Culture Challenge. Blind Items. What was the most popular search on Google this week?

Jason tells the story about his 'Massachusettes Massage.' Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. Dawn the weaves some dreams.

Let's talk about how a conservatorship takes away your legal rights. Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. 30 Second Pop Culture Challenge. Blind Items with Sanni. What did YOU search on Google this week???

Does Lori Loughlin think this is a game? Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. 30 Second Pop Culture Challenge. Blind Items with Sanni. Here's why Justin Timberlake's ego might be as big as Coachella itself.

Lori Loughlin treats court house sidewalk like the red carpet. Wendy Williams cheating scandal. Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. 30 Second Pop Culture Challenge. Blind Items. What are we Watching?

Which one of these stories is an April Fools joke and which one is real? Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. 30 Second Pop Culture Challenge. Blind Items. Bonus CHONAS.

Laurie Loughlin loses her gig on the Hallmark Channel. Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. 30 Second Pop Culture Challenge. Blind items. Google Trends.

Dawn, Elizabeth Reis, and Sanni talk about the fact that it's so cold! Let's talk about some cold weather hacks! What's your favorite brand of frozen pizza?

GLAAD is no longer going to let 'Bohemian Rhapsody win award. Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. 30 second pop culture challenge. Blind Items. What's Trending on Google?

Dawn, Elizabeth Reis, and Sanni start the show out with a Principal announcing a school day in the most Billy Joel-esque way possible! Chicken talk!

More Oscar Nominations. Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. Marley McMillan updates us on the Bachelor.

3 @12:03; Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis; :30 second Pop Culture Challenge; Blind Items; Let's talk about Fiji Girl and shameless promotion!

You got WHAT for Christmas Alexis?!? Poor, poor Teddy Ruxpin. DIRT ALERT with Elizabeth Reis! JAAlexis wants to be the next Mall Santa because apparently they make bank!

Dawn calls in with an update about her ETA. Ab Fab - Vickerman Artificial Trees; Elizabeth Reis gives details behind the sudden death of Kim Porter, the Mother of 3 of Sean "Diddy" Combs' children; George Takei a.k.a Sulu calls in to talk to the gang this morning!

Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis; Jason tries Ludafisk and gets queasy; More Kelly Clarkson ticket mania.

Who wants to be a Bublenaire? Would You Rather...let me explain! Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. If you were a ghost would you haunt your loved ones/enemies???

3 things you need to know at 12:03! Dirt Alert update with Elizabeth Reis; 30 second pop culture challenge with...Colleen?!? Blind Items and why is everybody talking about Jennifer Garner???

Mariah Carey and Markie Mark are discussed in the 3 @ 12:03; Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis; 30 second pop culture challenge; Priyanka Chopra says Cha-Ching!

3 @ 12:03 filled with Kanye Antics; Holly fills in for Elizabeth Reis with the Dirt Alert; :30 Second Pop Culture Challenge; Molly stops in to tell us what's been trending on Google!

Elizabeth Reis talks about Mission Impossible, Henry Cavil talks about fearing the #MeToo movement, and the latest update on Emmy nominations.

Elizabeth Reis gives an update on the George Clooney bike accident that happened earlier today; Lebron James news; and all the new TV shows coming soon!

Elizabeth Reis tells us about the delusion Harvey Weinstein, Selena Gomez's response to Justin Beiber's fresh engagement, and Prince Louis gets Christened!

Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis! Marley calls in to talk about The Bachelorette! Jason and Alexis get their very own hand massage!

Check out who made Elizabeth Reis's Wedge salad that made it to her instagram account this weekend...and also your Dirt Alert!

Will Smith recalls the first time he met Michael Jackson, Amy Schumer talks about sex...again...in front of her Mother. Pink talks about gracing the cover of People's "Most Beautiful" Issue. Dirt Alert with Elizabeth Reis. :30 second pop culture challenge; Blind Items.

In August of 2009, the South African runner Caster Semenya won the 800 meter final in the world Championship leading by one minute. “Muscles bulging and triumphant hand aloft,” the news reported, “she crossed the line way ahead of the rest of the field and ran straight into accusations that she was far too strong, too fast and, to be blunt, too masculine to be a woman.” The International Association of Athletics Federation requested that Semenya undergo gender testing. For months, Semenya and the IAAF awaited reports from a gynecologist, an endocrinologist, a psychologist, an internal medicine specialist, and an expert on gender. When the results were finally released, news headlines ranged from “Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite with no womb or ovaries” in the Sydney Daily Telegraph to Salon.com’s claim that “Castor Semenya is not a hermaphrodite…but intersex.” This news must have come as a shock to Semenya. Today we are going to talk to Elizabeth Reis, author of Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009). A women’s and Gender Studies scholar and Historian at the University of Oregon, Reis tells us about the history of those who are of ambiguous sex. From early America, when people looked at doubtful bodies as bodies that created legal and religious concern to the 19th century, when physicians began to take over the classification and management of bodies lacking a clear gender identity. This is a remarkable book. And we are glad to have Elizabeth Reis on our show today. The shock with which Semenya – and others like her — must have received this news – as well as the debate over the proper nomenclatura concerning individuals who show sex characteristics of both men and women are among the fascinating topics raised by Elizabeth Reis’ book Reis, a professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and History at the University of Oregon, analyzes the history of bodies of doubtful gender from early America to the present. Her narrative illustrates how anomalous bodies were initially associated with monstrous births, of concern mostly to legal and clerical authorities. In the 19th century, physicians began to take over the classification of doubtful bodies. Soon, they were involved not only in identifying the sex of their patients’ bodies but also in altering doubtful bodies to create gender certainties. Reis traces the rise and fall of medical treatment protocols for the intersex. She concludes with a thoughtful chapter on naming in which she discusses the move away from the term hermaphrodite – which evoked images of mythical creatures and was considered derogatory. Hermaphrodite was followed by the term intersex. But to many, this term seemed too sexualized. It also suggested the existence of a third sex – when many really only wanted two. Recently, physicians have begun to use Disorders of Sex Development [DSD] to refer to the intersex condition. The Disorders in DSD, however, pathologizes the condition. Reis herself suggests Divergence of Sex Development as a more neutral option. If nothing else, the evolution of terminology itself illustrates how sensitive and political the naming and categorizing of gender is. Bodies in Doubt is a terrific contribution to our understanding of sex, gender, and the creation of our two gender system. If you are as fascinated with these issues as I am, you must read this book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In August of 2009, the South African runner Caster Semenya won the 800 meter final in the world Championship leading by one minute. “Muscles bulging and triumphant hand aloft,” the news reported, “she crossed the line way ahead of the rest of the field and ran straight into accusations that she was far too strong, too fast and, to be blunt, too masculine to be a woman.” The International Association of Athletics Federation requested that Semenya undergo gender testing. For months, Semenya and the IAAF awaited reports from a gynecologist, an endocrinologist, a psychologist, an internal medicine specialist, and an expert on gender. When the results were finally released, news headlines ranged from “Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite with no womb or ovaries” in the Sydney Daily Telegraph to Salon.com’s claim that “Castor Semenya is not a hermaphrodite…but intersex.” This news must have come as a shock to Semenya. Today we are going to talk to Elizabeth Reis, author of Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009). A women’s and Gender Studies scholar and Historian at the University of Oregon, Reis tells us about the history of those who are of ambiguous sex. From early America, when people looked at doubtful bodies as bodies that created legal and religious concern to the 19th century, when physicians began to take over the classification and management of bodies lacking a clear gender identity. This is a remarkable book. And we are glad to have Elizabeth Reis on our show today. The shock with which Semenya – and others like her — must have received this news – as well as the debate over the proper nomenclatura concerning individuals who show sex characteristics of both men and women are among the fascinating topics raised by Elizabeth Reis’ book Reis, a professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and History at the University of Oregon, analyzes the history of bodies of doubtful gender from early America to the present. Her narrative illustrates how anomalous bodies were initially associated with monstrous births, of concern mostly to legal and clerical authorities. In the 19th century, physicians began to take over the classification of doubtful bodies. Soon, they were involved not only in identifying the sex of their patients’ bodies but also in altering doubtful bodies to create gender certainties. Reis traces the rise and fall of medical treatment protocols for the intersex. She concludes with a thoughtful chapter on naming in which she discusses the move away from the term hermaphrodite – which evoked images of mythical creatures and was considered derogatory. Hermaphrodite was followed by the term intersex. But to many, this term seemed too sexualized. It also suggested the existence of a third sex – when many really only wanted two. Recently, physicians have begun to use Disorders of Sex Development [DSD] to refer to the intersex condition. The Disorders in DSD, however, pathologizes the condition. Reis herself suggests Divergence of Sex Development as a more neutral option. If nothing else, the evolution of terminology itself illustrates how sensitive and political the naming and categorizing of gender is. Bodies in Doubt is a terrific contribution to our understanding of sex, gender, and the creation of our two gender system. If you are as fascinated with these issues as I am, you must read this book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In August of 2009, the South African runner Caster Semenya won the 800 meter final in the world Championship leading by one minute. “Muscles bulging and triumphant hand aloft,” the news reported, “she crossed the line way ahead of the rest of the field and ran straight into accusations that she was far too strong, too fast and, to be blunt, too masculine to be a woman.” The International Association of Athletics Federation requested that Semenya undergo gender testing. For months, Semenya and the IAAF awaited reports from a gynecologist, an endocrinologist, a psychologist, an internal medicine specialist, and an expert on gender. When the results were finally released, news headlines ranged from “Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite with no womb or ovaries” in the Sydney Daily Telegraph to Salon.com’s claim that “Castor Semenya is not a hermaphrodite…but intersex.” This news must have come as a shock to Semenya. Today we are going to talk to Elizabeth Reis, author of Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009). A women’s and Gender Studies scholar and Historian at the University of Oregon, Reis tells us about the history of those who are of ambiguous sex. From early America, when people looked at doubtful bodies as bodies that created legal and religious concern to the 19th century, when physicians began to take over the classification and management of bodies lacking a clear gender identity. This is a remarkable book. And we are glad to have Elizabeth Reis on our show today. The shock with which Semenya – and others like her — must have received this news – as well as the debate over the proper nomenclatura concerning individuals who show sex characteristics of both men and women are among the fascinating topics raised by Elizabeth Reis’ book Reis, a professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and History at the University of Oregon, analyzes the history of bodies of doubtful gender from early America to the present. Her narrative illustrates how anomalous bodies were initially associated with monstrous births, of concern mostly to legal and clerical authorities. In the 19th century, physicians began to take over the classification of doubtful bodies. Soon, they were involved not only in identifying the sex of their patients’ bodies but also in altering doubtful bodies to create gender certainties. Reis traces the rise and fall of medical treatment protocols for the intersex. She concludes with a thoughtful chapter on naming in which she discusses the move away from the term hermaphrodite – which evoked images of mythical creatures and was considered derogatory. Hermaphrodite was followed by the term intersex. But to many, this term seemed too sexualized. It also suggested the existence of a third sex – when many really only wanted two. Recently, physicians have begun to use Disorders of Sex Development [DSD] to refer to the intersex condition. The Disorders in DSD, however, pathologizes the condition. Reis herself suggests Divergence of Sex Development as a more neutral option. If nothing else, the evolution of terminology itself illustrates how sensitive and political the naming and categorizing of gender is. Bodies in Doubt is a terrific contribution to our understanding of sex, gender, and the creation of our two gender system. If you are as fascinated with these issues as I am, you must read this book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In August of 2009, the South African runner Caster Semenya won the 800 meter final in the world Championship leading by one minute. “Muscles bulging and triumphant hand aloft,” the news reported, “she crossed the line way ahead of the rest of the field and ran straight into accusations that she was far too strong, too fast and, to be blunt, too masculine to be a woman.” The International Association of Athletics Federation requested that Semenya undergo gender testing. For months, Semenya and the IAAF awaited reports from a gynecologist, an endocrinologist, a psychologist, an internal medicine specialist, and an expert on gender. When the results were finally released, news headlines ranged from “Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite with no womb or ovaries” in the Sydney Daily Telegraph to Salon.com’s claim that “Castor Semenya is not a hermaphrodite…but intersex.” This news must have come as a shock to Semenya. Today we are going to talk to Elizabeth Reis, author of Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009). A women’s and Gender Studies scholar and Historian at the University of Oregon, Reis tells us about the history of those who are of ambiguous sex. From early America, when people looked at doubtful bodies as bodies that created legal and religious concern to the 19th century, when physicians began to take over the classification and management of bodies lacking a clear gender identity. This is a remarkable book. And we are glad to have Elizabeth Reis on our show today. The shock with which Semenya – and others like her — must have received this news – as well as the debate over the proper nomenclatura concerning individuals who show sex characteristics of both men and women are among the fascinating topics raised by Elizabeth Reis’ book Reis, a professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and History at the University of Oregon, analyzes the history of bodies of doubtful gender from early America to the present. Her narrative illustrates how anomalous bodies were initially associated with monstrous births, of concern mostly to legal and clerical authorities. In the 19th century, physicians began to take over the classification of doubtful bodies. Soon, they were involved not only in identifying the sex of their patients’ bodies but also in altering doubtful bodies to create gender certainties. Reis traces the rise and fall of medical treatment protocols for the intersex. She concludes with a thoughtful chapter on naming in which she discusses the move away from the term hermaphrodite – which evoked images of mythical creatures and was considered derogatory. Hermaphrodite was followed by the term intersex. But to many, this term seemed too sexualized. It also suggested the existence of a third sex – when many really only wanted two. Recently, physicians have begun to use Disorders of Sex Development [DSD] to refer to the intersex condition. The Disorders in DSD, however, pathologizes the condition. Reis herself suggests Divergence of Sex Development as a more neutral option. If nothing else, the evolution of terminology itself illustrates how sensitive and political the naming and categorizing of gender is. Bodies in Doubt is a terrific contribution to our understanding of sex, gender, and the creation of our two gender system. If you are as fascinated with these issues as I am, you must read this book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices