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