the feminist librarian reads

The pity-porn narrative that is often employed when talking about intersex issues is a common one. It rehashes details of our lives, in this case MC’s, and waits for the sympathy to flow. It offers little or no questioning of how and why these human rights abuses are permitted to continue. They just *are*. Obeisance to medical authority is evident throughout. A singular lack of anyone intersex speaking for themselves is notable.