User talk:Andrea James

Welcome!

Welcome to the Citizendium! We hope you will contribute boldly and well. Here are pointers for a quick start. You'll probably want to know how to get started as an author. Just look at CZ:Getting Started for other helpful "startup" links, and CZ:Home for the top menu of community pages. Be sure to stay abreast of events via the Citizendium-L (broadcast) mailing list (do join!) and the blog. Please also join the workgroup mailing list(s) that concern your particular interests. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forums is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any constable for help, too. Me, for instance! Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and have fun! Hayford Peirce 22:21, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Glad to see you here so soon!

There's a *ton* of stuff to do here! It's very different from Wikipedia, you'll find, if you've done much stuff there. For one thing, we're *polite*! And since I'm one of the Kops, I make *sure* we stay that way, hehe. Take your time and feel your way in. I'm not very technically oriented, but I can generally help out with most questions. Did you ever investigate, or at least look into the mahu traditions in Polynesia? Very strong, particularly in Tahiti and Samoa, although somewhat smothered in Hawaii, I gather. I lived in Tahiti for 25 years, so I was in touch with them.... Hayford Peirce 23:22, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I have reviewed O Au No Keia: Voices from Hawai'i's Mahu and Transgender Communities and a few other piece by Sam Winter on the topic. In Hawaii, it has devolved in the way it has with the hijra in India, where we have been reduced to begging and sex work. Andrea James 23:48, 19 October 2009 (UTC)