Word: genderism
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...from Harvard women, because I can’t know for certain if people will perceive me as a man. By donning this dubious man-costume, I’ll only be able to examine how a woman who already dresses androgynously is treated differently from a person whose gender identity is deliberately uncertain. I also wonder how Asian-American stereotypes will factor into this experiment. After all, Asian-American men chronically suffer from stereotypes depicting them as fey, wily, perverted bantamweights—will this make my attempt at passing any easier? What happens when a butchy Chinese dyke...
...drag experiment occupies a shaky middle ground between spectacle and serious commitment. I worry that it will be perceived as the former, but I’m not doing it for a bear-walking-on-hind-legs laugh. I’m just trying to wreak a little gender havoc...
...recently attended a drag king workshop led by New York-based performance artist Diane Torr, the self-proclaimed “drag king ambassador to the world.” The plan is to go around campus as I always do, and to register how my shift in gender identity changes the way people interact with...
Serious non-traditional gender identification is virtually invisible at Harvard. On this campus, it’s all fun and games—it’s the cheeky self-celebrations of the cross-dressed Hasty Pudding, or the flock of final clubs punches humiliating themselves outside the Science Center. But in the midst of this kitsch is a small population for whom gender concerns aren’t just a way to get a laugh...
...It’s not about gender or genitalia,” she says. “If I think you’re a cool person, you can identify as a potato. I really don’t care...