Beyond the Gender Binary

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In your book, Beyond the Gender Binary, you talk about how you often lead creative writing workshops. What part of yourself did you have to destroy in order to survive in this world? I ask students that because I think every act of art is both one of triumph and grief. Those kind of emotional skills actually are what lend themselves to a creative process.

ALOK doesn’t quite get the term multihyphenate – but how else to describe the internationally acclaimed author, poet, comedian, and public speaker? From exploring belonging and the human condition, to fighting to degender the fashion and beauty industries, ALOK is tapping into their creativity constantly. Today, they share their approach to the creative process, how art has helped them accept the beauty and pain of life, why poetry and comedy need each other and so much more! For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts