This gives me hope for humanity
TED talk: Understanding the Complexities of Gender: Sam Killermann
Sam Killermann is a comedian and social justice advocate, and the guy behind It’s Pronounced Metrosexual, a one-man comedy show and blog about snap judgments…
Pretty great TED talk. This guy is an engaging speaker who promotes positivity towards exploring gender identity, and talks a lot about gender presentation (and how it doesn’t correlate with sexual orientation.) He encourages people to look at our cultural ideals and realize how ridiculous they are! I enjoyed this video and hope you do too.
-Kai
Little Boxes: 6 Ways to Make Room for Bigger Truths
This article focuses on being a resource for parents, but I found it personally helpful as well. It suggests ways of teaching kids about gender and culture, as well as how to constructively break free of cultural labels and stereotypes, which the article calls “boxes”.
I appreciated this article most because of it’s insistence that binaries do not exist anywhere, and by trying to squeeze ourselves into binaries and boxes, we limit our ability to express ourselves authentically. It also gave me some warm fuzzies, hearing the author tell stories about her own children challenging the norm and educating their peers.
-Kai
