The Dingbat Diaries Weekly

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 The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2023/ Williams Institute - LGBTQ: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/suicide-coming-out-press-release/ Williams Institute - Transgender: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/suicidality-transgender-adults/ Gender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com/

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

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

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

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

Hi, Kittycats! Today on The Dingbat Diaries, I discuss: - Medium's new Partner Plan for August 2023 - How I finally found shapewear that suits my budget and my butt - Aliens in Congress, which is why transgender people should be left alone -- Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amethystadings Buster Benson's MPP changes article: https://blog.medium.com/new-partner-program-incentives-focus-on-high-quality-human-writing-7335f8557f6e Robin Wilding's article about the Boost: https://medium.com/new-writers-welcome/mediums-boost-is-killing-writers-4c741c6b61f4 Orchard Corsets: https://www.orchardcorset.com/ Angel Curves: https://www.angelcurves.com/ Maidenform Waist Trainer: https://www.maidenform.com/waistnipper.html "Gender as Mediator:" https://medium.com/the-identity-current/gender-as-mediator-between-the-origin-of-identity-and-social-environment-5a6f390b1bd6 "Making Transgender Normal:" https://medium.com/the-identity-current/the-quest-to-make-transgender-normal-e38a61569f9 UFO Congressional Investigation: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/calif-politician-questions-alien-whistleblower-18262296.php (00:00) - Show Agenda (00:36) - Introduction (01:35) - The Medium Partner Program (06:46) - Follower Engagement (09:40) - The Boost (13:00) - Transgender Shapewear (15:35) - Corsets (17:34) - The Great Corset Untying Brigade (18:18) - Waist Trainers (20:49) - Generic Shapewear (22:31) - Aliens Are like Transgender People (25:37) - The Response to Humans Compared to Animals (28:13) - The Response to Alien Technology (29:56) - Is There Nothing Weird in San Francisco? (31:08) - Show Closing

Hi, Kittycats! Today on the Dingbat Weekly, I talk about my newest article detailing my gender theory, "Gender as Mediator," but also how I ended up getting to the point of writing the article. I finish up with a scathing indictment (not really) of Christian thoughts around gender. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amethystadings "Gender as Mediator:" https://medium.com/the-identity-current/gender-as-mediator-between-the-origin-of-identity-and-social-environment-5a6f390b1bd6 Walter Rhein's "Medical Industry:" https://aninjusticemag.com/why-wont-the-american-medical-industry-research-alternative-treatments-707ded0c1a8

This is the first in a series of discussions I have with myself about what I thought about in the past week. Today I talk about: - Where publishing to Medium has gone, including discussion with @robin_wilding - A new publication web site I'm considering - How I think in abstractions and what that means Robin Wilding on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robin_wilding Robin Wilding on Medium: https://medium.com/@robin_wilding A.J. Cralle on Medium: https://medium.com/@ajcwrites5 My Website: https://amethysta.io My Substack: https://amethystadings.substack.com/