Gender is a Scam

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Episode Summary:

This week, hosts Jarrett Hill and Tre’vell Anderson are talking about their relationships to gender (in the broad, sociological sense) and to gender (in the specific, embodied sense), and why the concept of gender as we know it paints an incomplete picture.

But first…

Say My Name, Say My Naaaaaaaaame

This adorable segment on the new Nick Jr. digital series Little Firsts got us thinking about the origin of our own names.

Tre’vell and Jarrett talked to their parents about how they came to be named Jarrett and Tre’vell!

DIS/Honorable Mentions

This week, Jarrett has an honorable mention for the return of Black Lady Sketch Show. Season 2 just premiered. You can catch up here.

Tre’vell has an honorable mention for “The Ebony Enchantress” and Season 13 RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Symone.

Jarrett has another honorable mention for journalist Craig Richardson and his recent The Reckoning Mag article which we’ll link here while Tre’vell has a dishonorable mention for Caitlin Jenner as well as the folks who don’t know how to critique her politics without the transphobia jumping out.

Jarrett has a dishonorable mention for the police which is maybe an evergreen mention.

Finally, Tre’vell has an honorable mention for Kendall Martinez-Wright who is the first Trans woman to run for the Missouri House of Representatives for 2022. And she’s Black!

Check out Tre’vell on Nerdette.

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In this episode...

jarrett hill

Host

Tre’vell Anderson

Host

Laura Swisher

Senior Producer

Portrait of Jordan K smiling with head tilted to the right

Jordan Kauwling

Associate Producer

About the show

Sometimes the people, places, and things we love don’t love us back. We’re fans, but we also have some ANTI- feelings toward them. Every week on FANTI, journalists Tre’vell Anderson and jarrett hill bring their pop culture and political expertise to things we must stan and stand up against. FANTI is a place where nuance reigns supreme with energetic, complicated, and sometimes difficult conversations that bring deep knowledge and thoughtful perspective to the things we love and rage about, from the White House to the Real House(wives).