Reconstructed: Building New Definitions Of Masculinity

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Reconstructed: Building New Definitions Of Masculinity

By Kaia Findlay,

Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus

Published September 1, 2023 at 5:30 AM EDT

An illustration of a cracked mirror. A different version of one person's face is in each section of the cracked mirror. The upper-left face has a beard and eyes with eyeliner on the top lid. The face to the right of that features a handlebar mustache with the ends curled up, a nose stud, multiple earrings and eyes donned with eyeshadow and a cat-eye in eye liner. The face on the righthand side of the mirror features a full beard and no makeup. Only the eyes of the face on the bottom of the mirror are visible, and they are lined with eyeliner and feature eyeshadow. The word "Reconstructed" appears along one of the mirror cracks.

Fifteen years ago Anita took Women's Studies 101 on a whim 鈥� and to this day, she still doesn't have an answer to the question: what is masculinity? In further pursuit of some clarity, she talks with a trans man and a non-binary person about what's possible when we take a more gender-fluid approach to manhood. The two share where their own beliefs about gender come from and how they're building a more expansive definition of masculinity in their own lives.

Meet the guests:

, a rising senior at Kenyon College and a trans writer, explains the roots of his views on masculinity and how they've evolved over time, as he's moved from Beijing to rural Missouri and come out as trans
, creator of , talks about how they create safe spaces for folks to examine and dissect their own relationships with masculinity

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Kaia Findlay

Kaia Findlay is the lead producer of Embodied, 吉彩网网站's weekly podcast and radio show about sex, relationships and health. Kaia first joined the 吉彩网网站 team in 2020 as a producer for The State of Things.

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Anita Rao

Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.

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Amanda Magnus

Amanda Magnus is the executive producer of Embodied, a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships and health. She has also worked on other 吉彩网网站 shows including Tested and CREEP.

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