Welcome to the first day of Gender Studies 101! In this episode your esteemed professors take you through foundational gender theory texts: we’re talking about Judith Butler, Donna Haraway, Leslie Fienberg, and Michel Foucault. We’re also wading through the discourse about how we talk about Gerard’s gender, and what does it actually mean to be trans anyway? We also respond to some of our Tumblr asks and share some completely uncontroversial opinions about the barricade brigade.

Topics include: the gender wars, wrangling the discourse, a history of gender expression, white supremacy, the inherent truth of gender, gender as a doing, “reality”, terms and conditions, what is a “woman” and what is a “trans person”, drag and subversiveness, bad takes from cis people and why they are wrong, X gender markers, identity politics and coalitions, cyborgs, hyperpop and posthumanism, Geoff Rickly and postmodernism, the normative politics of internet spaces, and meaningful community at live shows.

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