04 August 2023 - Barbie, Music for Minors, and Cisgender Dysphoria

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 --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