In order to investigate how pervasive gender and gender norms are in society, there is a need to look at the ways in which gender is taught outside of the home. In school, not only is curriculum material a part of the learning experience but the “correct” ways to interact with one’s peers, and […]
Archives for April 2018
The Future of Gender in Schools: The Possibility of a Genderless Education System
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Trans Poetry: Creating Spaces, Telling Stories
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Note: We are two cisgender writers conveying our understandings of these poems, and in no way mean to misrepresent the poets’ intentions or extrapolate about their lives. “We need poetry when literal faces and bodies and circumstances are not as good as it gets: we might enjoy reading and writing poetry for many reasons, but […]
Gendering in Language and the Weight of Words
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“To continue with the German genders: a tree is male, its buds are female, its leaves are neuter; horses are sexless, dogs are male, cats are female — tomcats included, of course; a person’s mouth, neck, bosom, elbows, fingers, nails, feet, and body are of the male sex, and his head is male or neuter […]
Unfit to be Fit?: How Fitness Environments Pose a Challenge For Trans People-and How to Change That
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The world of health and fitness is frequently challenging for bodies that do not fit a specific mold. Gyms are filled with subtle and not-so-subtle judgments against those who vary from a norm, especially a gendered norm. Health and fitness environments seem to invite judgment of the body from all directions – internal, external, and […]
Solving Trans* Poverty and Discrimination through Legislation
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What issues do trans* people face today? The United States is considered to be a “first world” country, but two in five Americans live in a state of economic insecurity. This statistic demonstrates to us that close to half the population of our country is struggling financially— a significant number for a “developed country.” In […]
A Few Questions that are Absolutely Cisgusting
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How do we define what it means to be trans*? Often, trans* people are defined against cis people. Being cis is presented as what is normalized and understood, while being trans* is presented as something that must be explained. This places an unfair and unequal burden on trans* people to explicitly articulate and explain their […]