Fashioning the Body: Versions of the Citizen, the Self, and the Subject

The word "form" takes on many different meanings in the English language. There's the paper you fill out, a "form", the shape of something, its "form", and the way something was made or "formed." When combining the three you get a very unusual document:

A Form about how the Form is Formed.

Directions

1. Figure out a name for your form and write it on top of the page with larger font and perhaps some bold letters or underlining.

2. Write some directions in case people are idiotic and cannot fill out questions about themselves without specific instructions. Title your directions, again bold or underlining is encouraged. Also choose a way to bullet your directions, either with numbers, arrows or the most popular "bullet point."

3. Write the form itself. You must use boxes or lines and make sure that it is completely obvious where to write answers to form questions. Number the questions. Most of the time it is ideal to add letters from the alphabet to your numbers (42a, 42b, 42c) Include examples.

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--->Name

1a)_____________ 1b)___________________ 1c)___________________ (if you have more than 1 middle initial, fill out a

last first middle separate form for your other initial)

TURN PAGE --->

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--->Date (if it is around midnight, write the date of the previous day. If the sun is rising then you may write the date of the current date, unless it is daylight savings time, then right the date of the previous day. This does not apply to people in Hawaii. Example: May 05 2007)

2a)____________ 2b)____________ 2c)______________

month day year

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--->Sex (This is your BIOLOGICAL sex, not your gender, not your sexual preference, not the last time you got some. If you are unsure of your sex, look between your legs. Example: If you have a vagina check FEMALE)

3a) Male____ Female____

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---> Birthday (If you were born on a day effected by leap year, please fill out the "leap year" form)

4a)______________ 4b)______________ 4c)____________

month day year

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---> Social Security Number (You MUST fill out this part of the form. It is absolutely necessary for us to invade all of your privacy in order to process this form. If you are confused about the length of your SSN, we have included the right number of spots.)

5a) _ _ _- _ _- _ _ _ _

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STOP HERE

Congratulation, you have reached the end of your form. Now, send this form into the correct address located on our website. We will process your form within 12 business days and send you the next form which must be returned to us by the end of the month.