Gendering in Language and the Weight of Words

“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 […]

The Effect of RuPaul’s Drag Race on the Discovery of Trans* Identities and Non-conformity on the Gender Binary

Introduction There are a few queens that come to mind when someone mentions the term ‘drag’ which is, to give a dull definition to a lively and colorful art form, the act of dressing up in clothes not associated with your identified gender for the sake of entertainment. RuPaul, Divine, Lady Bunny, Courtney Act, and […]