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Dave U. Random

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Jan 2, 2010, 9:54:46 AM1/2/10
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"VOLUNTARY MADNESS - My Year Lost and Found in the Loony
Bin" by Norah Vincent (Amazon.com: http://xrl.us/VMadness )

NY Times

Writing a first book is supposed to drive one mad � just
not literally. Then again, few authors embark on a project
as psychologically creepy as Norah Vincent�s �Self-Made
Man� a ferocious and gripping non fiction book, published
in 2006, about the 18 months she spent disguised as �Ned�
(Amazon.com: http://xrl.us/SelfMM ). Reporting from
incongruent areas of male inhabitation � including a strip
club, a bowling league and a monastery � Ned gave Norah, a
feminist and lesbian who took no sexual gratification in
cross- dressing, the gift of perception about masculine
insecurity, communication and anger, an emotion women are
socialized to sublimate. In return, she lost it. �Voluntary
Madness� is the fallout...

Continued: http://xrl.us/VolMad

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