A walk with Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor

In this video, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor talk about normalised movement in a very refreshing way. Movements are normalised to such an extent that we attribute certain uses to specific body parts. The normalised view, according to which body parts should perform certain movements, is disturbed, for example, when someone carries a coffee cup with their mouth...

Transgender inmates

Louis Theroux, BBC 2 journalist, investigates the relationship between a transgender and a male inmate at a male prison in the U.S. They seem to be pretty infatuated with each other... But I wonder how much of it is the male inmate's willingness to look past biological sex and genderbend; or is it just circumstantial 'love'?

The Love Magazine

Here are some beautiful pics featured in LOVE Magazine, a British publication that always tries to push the boundaries of that which is usually perceived as fixed (like gender). 

This cover of LOVE, featuring Kate Moss kissing trans supermodel Lea T., got a lot of attention. I love how they gender bend here and really question what we see (two women kissing), whilst making the point that it really doesn't matter how we were born (since Lea T. was in actual fact born 'male') or how we make gender more fluid...

For more visit: http://www.thelovemagazine.co.uk/

Andrej Pejic: Gender bender

True gender bender, Andrej Pejic, made quite a splash when 'he' walked in Jean Paul Gaultier's autumn/winter 2011 show in Paris earlier this year. This model has confused many people, mainly because people can't figure him out. Is he a boy or a girl? Pejic told a Telegraph reporter that he "didn't plan any of this but if that's what it takes for me to have a career in this industry, then why not?" When asked if he'd consider getting a sex change, Pejic said, "Yes, if I was offered a Victoria's Secret contract. You'd have to, wouldn't you. I can't imagine doing it any other way. But, at this point I'm comfortable with who I am now." 

Most of the world of course thinks in this binary way. There is always a need to define someone, man or women? black or white? attractive or ugly? There are such narrow definitions of what a man or a woman is. These stereotypes make it very difficult for those trying to break down this order.

Watch this video on Andrej's journey: