The Dingbat Diaries Weekly

08 September 2023 - Mental Health and the LGBTQ Community

This episode is the beginning of what is to become Gender Identity Weekly - my existing Dingbat Diaries idea, but engaging other contributors to Gender Identity Today.  I may someday break this out into a separate podcast, but I will publish them here as well until the change occurs. REFERENCES: CDC Statistics:  https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/suicide-data-statistics.html [https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/suicide-data-statistics.html] The Trevor Project:  https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2023/ [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2023/] Williams Institute - LGBTQ:  https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/suicide-coming-out-press-release/ [https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/suicide-coming-out-press-release/] Williams Institute - Transgender:  https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/suicidality-transgender-adults/ [https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/suicidality-transgender-adults/] Gender Identity Today:  https://genderidentitytoday.com/ [https://genderidentitytoday.com/]

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/ * (00:00) - Agenda * (00:41) - Introduction * (01:34) - What Happened Last Week? * (04:52) - Dealing with My Genetics * (06:52) - Being Blonde in 1980s SoCal * (08:50) - The Genetics of Being Interblonde * (09:46) - Should We Regulate Non-Blondes Who Identity as Blonde? * (10:36) - The Abstraction of Sex * (12:20) - The Concept of Gender * (14:24) - Modern Technology and Gender * (15:17) - I Own that I Am a Woman * (16:10) - Does Genetics Define Gender? * (16:24) - Finding My Purpose Again * (18:42) - Show Closing

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

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

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

04 August 2023 - Barbie, Music for Minors, and Cisgender Dysphoria

Hi, Kittycats! This is The Dingbat Diaries for the week of August 4th, 2023:  - What in the world makes "Barbie" such a controversial movie?  - A new friend of mine helped open my eyes to greater issues of mental health around youth developing identity  - A couple conversations that reminded me how gender and gender identity is understood today  -- Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amethystadings "Barbie": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_(film)  Naomi Alderman "The Power": https://littlemountainpublishing.biz/the-power-by-naomi-alderman "Transgender Meh": https://medium.com/the-identity-current/transgender-meh-finishing-before-i-was-done-b989f53db019  Superbands.me: https://www.superbands.me/  Prismatic Speech Services: https://prismaticspeech.com/  Speech413: https://www.speech413.com/  "Sound Off: Using My Transgender Voice ": https://medium.com/the-identity-current/sound-off-using-my-transgender-voice-46402382d48  * (00:00) - Agenda * (01:21) - Living in Mower Lightning Land * (01:43) - Barbie - A Conservative Dream * (03:05) - The Barbie Feminist Manifesto * (04:42) - Barbie Has the Power * (06:14) - The Barbie Dystopia * (08:49) - The Real Meaning of Barbie * (10:20) - Superbands.me * (13:33) - How You Can Help * (14:19) - Music and Gender Identity Are Similar * (16:41) - Conversations about Gender-Affirming Voice * (18:15) - Kevin from Prismatic * (18:56) - Alison from Speech413 * (19:42) - What Kevin and Alison Seem to Say about Gender * (22:22) - Examples of Developing Gender * (23:16) - Alison's Gender Development * (24:04) - Jason's Gender Development * (24:58) - Jason's Kick in the Nuts * (25:32) - The Common Thread of Gender Development