Now that's immersion journalism.
(From the AP via JournalStar in Nebraska)
Norah Vincent goes undercover in ‘Self-Made Man’
BY COLLEEN LONG / The Associated Press
The only time Norah Vincent was ever accused of being too feminine was when people thought she was a man. And when she bound her breasts, wore a pressed blue suit, a fake penis and faux stubble, and went to strip clubs and men’s groups to research her book, “Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Journey Into Manhood and Back,” she realized how undeniably female she is.
(Via the Sun-Sentinel)
The result of Norah's 18 months as Ned? Men don't have it so easy.
By Victoria A. Brownworth
The Baltimore Sun
Throughout, Vincent viewed every experience through a dual scrim of male and female consciousness. That duality is what makes the book intriguing. It also drove Vincent to emotional and psychological places she'd rather not have gone, questioning her ethics as well as her gender's attitudes toward men and ultimately causing her to have a nervous breakdown.
(From Houston Chronicle)
Undercover gender-bender
By BARBARA LISS
The hard part turned out to be the emotional cost the deception extracted from her. She suffered a breakdown and checked into a psychiatric hospital. Her telling of this experience is the most guarded part of the story.
