Board game designer, awesome trans, queer, poly lady, civil servant, and transcendentalist.
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| Primary Class | Bureaucrat |
| Secondary Class | Game Designer |
| Gender | High Futch |
| Pronouns | She/Her/Hers |
Also y'all should follow me at @RC
I'm doing most of my tooting there.
I should probably finally make my full move to my lazer.pizza profile, but I'm afraid the profile migration won't work well.
Has anyone had a good experience with it!?
Also really weird thing they have in common, they all specifically mention rope bondage in their profiles.
Like how did that happen?!
I think it would be super cool if I interviewed all of them for an article or something.
I may be able to pitch it as a podcast idea to OKCupid actually 😂
I'm currently looking at people on OKCupid I'm 99% Matching with and I'm losing my mind!
Every single one of them has part of their profile where I shout, "Yas that!"
Just a few of them: a guy in Denver with the same tastes in music as me and is embarrassed about it; a lady in California who brags in alterations; and an NB in Italy who loves nature and respects your religion so much even though they are atheist.
So yeah that actually says a lot about me.
How has gender changed historically?
How has gender been used by those in power?
What types of effects have capitalism had on gender? What about socialism?
Using this framework not only allows us to speak truth to power, but also validates the personal struggle of queer folks, femme folks, or those suffering from toxic masculinity.
People do need to be told that gender isn't purely biological. That's what everyone is trying to get at when they say "gender's just a social construct." This view can massively validate queering of gender for individuals and society at large.
But simplifying all this stops people from digging at the more important and interesting questions:
Why is gender shifting at this moment?
Why is gender constructed the way it is now?
Just because it's a social construct doesn't mean it doesn't effect you. Most people on Earth can't eat without agriculture. You can suffer because of money. Religion can be a key part of your identity.
These institutions are created, validated, and enforced by society. This happens informally by culture and formally by people in power.
Gender is no different and no less real.
I was listening to a podcast today in which the hosts we're dismissive of gender, because "it's a social construct." I hate hearing this in this context because it dismisses and simplifies too much even if it's coming from a good place.
Yes gender is a "social construct" or institution, but what does that mean and what company does that put it in?
Money is also a social construct, so is agriculture, religion, race, countries, capitalism, and democracy.
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