This episode is not about travel; it's in the same vein as my recent episode (Ep 32) on Asexuality Awareness, in that it talks about personal identity, but this one is more focused on gender rather than sexual orientation.
Part of the first half is a re-reading of my post about toxic masculinity; I realised I'd never podded it before on here and this seemed like a very apt time to talk about it, given how I then go on to how it affects the way I see myself and my own gender. As someone who'd be holistically classed as Assigned Male At Birth (AMAB), it's always been hard to express pride in being male since there's so much about the culture that irks me, but recently I think I've found a nice niche to slide into.
Other than toxic masculinity, I talk about gender aesthetics, several stripey Pride Flags, the overlap between asexuality and gender identity questioning, and how people like me are surprisingly rare.
Additionally, there's a have a new podcast feature in the middle. See if you can spot what it is!
A transcript of this episode is available at https://barefoot-backpacker.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Podcast-035-Toxic-Masculinity-and-Pride-In-Your-Gender.pdf
The podcast has a Facebook Group dedicated to it: https://www.facebook.com/groups/travel.tales.beyond.brochure/?ref=website
I also have a Patreon, if you want to pay to access rare extra content (or just because you think it's a nice thing to do): https://www.patreon.com/traveltalesbeyondbrochurepod
My next episode should be out on Thursday 25th Febuary.
Happy QuirkyAlone Day, btw!
