The Misfits in the Book

A big theme of the lecture and the book is this idea of misfits and you define them in the book. A misfit is someone who either feels ostracized by society because they don't fit into whatever ideals the society has established as normal, whether that be to do with gender, sexuality, size, hair color or faith. So perhaps you recognize that oh there's this thing that's considered normal and the fact that something is considered normal means other things are considered abnormal. If you're aware of that then I consider you a bit of a misfit because I imagine you're not quite satisfied with that being the reality that we live in.