Diabolical Lies Blonde Highlights Are Gender-Affirming Care
Aug 8, 2024
Dive into the chaotic world of gender politics at the Olympics, where alleged failures and controversies unfold. Explore how debates transform into political theater and see the connections between femininity and class through beauty practices. Discover the hidden costs of maintaining a certain look and how gender presentation is tied to wealth. Unpack historical roots of dehumanization in women's sports and challenge the narrow political framing of gender issues. Finally, envision a world that escapes the constraints of enforced gender performance.
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Opaque 'Science' Fuels Gender Panic
- The IBA's vague statement about a "separate and recognized test" fueled misinformation and gender panic around Olympian Imane Khelif.
- Katie Herzog and Caroline Cake argue that invoking opaque "science" about gender always derails productive discussion.
Mainstream Femininity Is Performed Drag
- Caroline Cake and Katie Herzog frame mainstream femininity as a performed, often commercialized drag.
- They argue recognizing this collapses the false default/aberration binary about gender.
DCC Documentary Revealed Gender Performance
- Katie describes watching the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders documentary and seeing cheerleading as a form of cisgender drag performance.
- She recalls the final scene of the women removing makeup to reveal the human fatigue beneath the performance.