Show notes
Welcome to our gender episode were Kat and Val discuss what gender is in our culture and other cultures. We explore how the term cis gender, (identifying as the gender you were assigned at birth), feels resonante or not with each of us and how this is different than sexual orientation. Oh, and we also accidentally hard core matched in electric blue, the day we recorded this episode. Check out our Instagram for our adorable pictures!Welcome and overview of how we understand gender (0:35)Exploring that is limiting about how we "perform gender norms" within capitalism (2:59)Reconciling attributes we both possess that have typically been understood as masculine (5:00) The feminine urge to apologize, and other critiques of cultural gender expectations (6:35)Kat shares about their sexual identity and gender exploration (7:57)Exploring the gendered cultural expectations on being a "mother" (12:43)Kat explains what feels like joy as it relates to gender (19:45)What we are learning through exploring gender (24:02)Find us on Instagram:Kat and Val PodcastVal's offerings:So This is Love ClubReset Yourself for Love ProgramInstagram So This is Love ClubKat's offerings:Fat Liberation Art -Fat Mystic Etsy ShopInstagram Fat_Mystic_ArtAdditional resources/definitions referenced in this episode:EnneagramThe Four TendenciesMyers Briggs Personality ProfilesHighly Sensitive People (HSP)Fat Liberation MovementLipedemaExvangelical/deconstructing from ChristianityADHD

