18 August 2023 - New Web Site, Haterade, and D&D

08/19/23 • 20 min

On the program today, I talk about these fabulous topics:
- I launched the new web site I've talked about for a month
- I had a short video get many views - and many hate comments
- I want to talk about role-playing...probably not what you're thinking

REFERENCES:
Gender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com
Instagram video with 13K views: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv8kE1uJIkQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Gender-affirming care statistics: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-the-science-on-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-kids-really-shows/
Transcurrent Explorers Discord Server: https://www.amethysta.io/transcurrent-explorers/
Sly Flourish article: https://slyflourish.com/playing_dnd_can_save_your_life.html
Rollo May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo_May

(00:00) - Intro
(01:09) - New Web Site Launched!
(03:15) - Gender Theory as a Practice
(04:30) - Gender Studies vs. Gender Theory
(06:12) - Come Prove Me Wrong!
(07:25) - Instagram Video Goes Fungal
(08:18) - Gender-Affirming Care Works!
(08:58) - Drinking the Haterade...and Spitting It Out
(11:03) - It Looks like Hate; It Feels like Love
(13:02) - Role-Playing Games and Identity
(14:39) - Sly Flourish Blog Post
(15:48) - D&D Is a Dressing Room
(17:26) - Dressing Up in a Role Explores Identity
(19:20) - Getting Together with Friends Is Great! Until It's Not.
(20:03) - Show Closing

(00:00) - Intro
(01:09) - New Web Site Launched!
(03:15) - Gender Theory as a Practice
(04:30) - Gender Studies vs. Gender Theory
(06:12) - Come Prove Me Wrong!
(07:25) - Instagram Video Goes Fungal
(08:18) - Gender-Affirming Care Works!
(08:58) - Drinking the Haterade...and Spitting It Out
(11:03) - It Looks like Hate; It Feels like Love
(13:02) - Role-Playing Games and Identity
(14:39) - Sly Flourish Blog Post
(15:48) - D&D Is a Dressing Room
(17:26) - Dressing Up in a Role Explores Identity
(19:20) - Getting Together with Friends Is Great! Until It's Not.
(20:03) - Show Closing

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10 August 2023 - Gender and Voice with Kevin Dorman

Hi, Kittycats! This is The Dingbat Diaries for the week of August 10th, 2023, which features Kevin Dorman of Prismatic Speech Services:
- What is gender-affirming voice?
- How do we develop gender and gender identity?
- How is gender perceived out there in the world today?

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amethystadings
Prismatic Speech Services: https://prismaticspeech.com/
Transgender Voice article: https://medium.com/the-identity-current/sound-off-using-my-transgender-voice-46402382d48
Home Free - "Man of Constant Sorrow": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ew_bfFvros

(00:00) - Show Introduction
(01:10) - Introducing Kevin
(03:31) - About Kevin and Prismatic Speech Services
(05:07) - About Voice in Communication
(06:51) - Ami's Voice Journey
(09:17) - Voice Play
(09:51) - Why Gender-Affirming Voice?
(13:50) - Voice is for Everybody
(17:10) - Developing Gender
(17:54) - External Aspects of Gender
(20:09) - Negotiating with Society
(24:12) - Why Are Pronouns Important?
(28:39) - Ze / Zey in the 1980s
(31:48) - The Power of Being Named Correctly
(34:48) - Can Cisgender People Talk about Gender?
(38:30) - Microaggression in Gender Relations
(40:37) - A Tale of Real Aggression
(45:00) - Can We All Understand Each Other?
(48:00) - Show Closing

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31 August 2023 - Being Blonde, Female, and Depressed

On the program today:
- Why I missed the Dingbat Diaries video for last week
- A response to an article that explained my absence last week in which I was called female
- Do I really buy into the rhetoric that genetics is gender?

REFERENCES:
Gender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com
Series of articles I wrote:
"All Except for My Parts": https://genderidentitytoday.com/all-except-for-my-parts/
"To Bear Responsibility is Transgender": https://genderidentitytoday.com/to-bear-responsibility-is-transgender/
"Writing My Transgender Life": https://genderidentitytoday.com/writing-my-transgender-life/
Transgender suicide statistics: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/suicidality-transgender-adults/