Society

Posts about how identity and gender fit into society

Scientific Facts as Social Constructs

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What we believe is real depends in part upon our sense of safety in society

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Philosophy

Transgender and Not in Touch with My Feelings

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I Still Belong to the Episcopal “No Touch” Massage Club

Saoirse George
Personal

Society Must Operate as an Immune System

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I hope my community grows exponentially - like a virus

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Society

I Am Not Anti-Science

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How science is used against the LGBTQ community

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Science
Bicycle rests against brick stairs. The stairs are playfully painted two shades of magenta and yellow. The brick is wet wit

I'm a Gender Autonomist

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The term 'gender activist' is used to point at trans people living with dignity and solidarity, capable of saying 'no thank you' and daring to shrug at and disagree with someone who doesn't like them just because they're trans. 'Activist' is used as an insult for someone who believes in autonomy.

Tucker Lieberman
Tucker Lieberman
Philosophy

The Sting of Being Clocked

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or, Being late to the gender dysphoria party

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Personal

Today I Am No Longer Disfigured

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No angry pigs were harmed in the writing of this article

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Personal

Social Expectations Leave Us Disfigured

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What Rod Serling teaches about gender dysphoria

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Society

Identity in a Grain of Sand

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My resolution was broken before I even made it

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Personal
Detail from the cover of Horse Barbie, Geena Rocero's memoir, showing her face

Geena Rocero's TED Talk Reveal

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'Our spirits will always expand to fill whatever space we are given,' she says. She found her own face in the mirror, her own presence, emerging from nothingness.

Tucker Lieberman
Tucker Lieberman
Society
Young Ami looks in the mirror

Self-Love Is Easier than I Thought

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Sometimes we must battle our own beliefs to accept ourselves

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Psychology
Detail from the book cover of Shaneel Lal's memoir One of Them, showing someone in a red shirt and pink pants

Shaneel Lal's Fight Against Conversion Therapy

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In 2022, powered by young activist Shaneel Lal, Aotearoa New Zealand banned conversion therapy. 'Stop congratulating me for being brave,' Lal says. Instead, 'annihilate the systems that force me to be brave.'

Tucker Lieberman
Tucker Lieberman
Society