{"id":2404,"date":"2010-03-04T01:35:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T00:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2026-03-14T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:00:53","slug":"kate-borstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/kate-borstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Borstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"700 height=\"450\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dcKLBi00EHE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dcKLBi00EHE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>Kate Borstein talking at a college reunion in June 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kate Borstein graduated Brown University, USA in 1969. She is a Jewish-American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist, who teaches at universities around the world. Kate is a transexual dyke. Here (in the video above) she talks about what Brown taught her and encourages us to continue the spirit of the 1960&#8217;ies i.e. love, peace, flowers, bla bla&#8230; And she shares the mantra of her life with us: Do whatever you need or want to do in order to make life worth living. Love who and how you want to love. Just don&#8217;t be mean.<\/p>\n<h2>Related links<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Kate's blog\" href=\"http:\/\/katebornstein.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate&#8217;s blog<\/a><br \/>\nKate Bornstein&#8217;s Touring &amp; Performance Calendar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Borstein graduated Brown University, USA in 1969. She is a Jewish-American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist, who teaches at universities around the world. 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