04 August 2023 - Barbie, Music for Minors, and Cisgender Dysphoria The Dingbat Diaries Weekly

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 
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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