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John Colapinto

    1 gennaio 1958

    John Colapinto è un affermato giornalista e romanziere il cui lavoro approfondisce le complessità dell'esperienza umana. Come redattore per The New Yorker, esplora argomenti diversi con un occhio attento ai dettagli e alla profondità narrativa. La sua scrittura spesso svela storie nascoste e getta luce su individui e fenomeni affascinanti. Colapinto fonde magistralmente il rigore investigativo con una narrazione avvincente, rendendo il suo lavoro sia informativo che profondamente coinvolgente per i lettori.

    John Colapinto
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    As Nature Made Him
    • As Nature Made Him

      • 279pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      In 1967, a baby boy underwent a botched circumcision, leading his family to agree to a radical treatment. Advised by a renowned expert at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the boy was surgically altered to live as a girl. This case, involving identical twins—one injured and one uninjured—became a landmark example in medicine and social sciences, often cited as evidence that gender identity is shaped by upbringing rather than biology. It influenced the feminist movement and established sex reassignment as a standard treatment for newborns with similar conditions. However, the case was flawed from the beginning; the twin raised as a girl struggled with his assigned gender and, upon learning his true history at fourteen, chose to live as a male. John Colapinto narrates this extraordinary story for the first time, providing insight into the historical and medical context, including the intense rivalry between Dr. John Money and Dr. Milton Diamond over the nature/nurture debate. This account reveals a tale of medical arrogance and, more importantly, a human drama of survival against overwhelming odds, highlighted by the subject's brave decision to reveal his identity after decades of anonymity.

      As Nature Made Him
    • Wie er sich fühlte, als die Polizei ihm mitteilte, daß Stewart Church tot war? Schwer zu sagen. Überrascht, erleichtert. Aber durfte er erleichtert sein? Ein netter Langweiler ist Stewart für ihn gewesen, mehr nicht. Nächtelang hatte Cal nichts anderes von ihm gehört als nur die Schreibmaschine. Klack, klack, klack. Und dabei hatte Stewart das fertiggebracht, was Cal seit über zehn Jahren vergebens versuchte, er hatte sich hingesetzt und einen phantastischen Roman geschrieben. - Sein Manuskript an sich zu nehmen, war einfach. Sich in die schlanke, dunkelhaarige Janet, Stewarts Freundin, zu verlieben, war bloßer Zufall. Nun möchte Cal Cunningham beides nicht mehr missen, doch niemand stiehlt ungestraft das Leben eines anderen: Auf dem Höhepunkt von Cals Erfolg erscheint eine alte Bekannte, die genau zu wissen scheint, von wem das brillante Manuskript wirklich stammt. - Das Schicksal macht John Colapintos Helden Cal zum Betrüger, der mit jeder bösen Tat nur um so faszinierender wird!

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