Marti Gould Cummings
Award-winning drag queen, comedian, and political activist Marti Gould Cummings (that’s their given and drag name) lives in NYC, where the 31 year old performs six times a week at six different venues in the area.
Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes & Doing Gender Through Consumerism
This photo blog encompasses how consumerism enforces the notion of ‘doing gender.’ Ranging from birth, to having your own children gender is deeply ingrained in our society, whether we realize it or not.
A little bit of both worlds…
The world is a variety show of differences, so why is it that society is so hesitant to embrace these differences to encompass what it is to be a beautiful humanity, united in acceptance? Maybe this is a pipe-dream in the timeline of progression but it has to start somewhere. Let it begin with a recognition of what it is to not be male or female, but just to be human.
The Challenge of Femininity
This photo essay is trying to portray the many different sides of femininity and how our current media culture tries to “undo” it or challenge the stereotypes of femininity.
“Doing” Gender is Child’s Play
The following photo essay will illustrate how children perform gender in their imaginative play. Examples of the way play is gendered are the difference in dress-up clothes and costumes, the availability of cosmetics to children, and the stereotyped toys that lead to binary gendered thinking. By dividing elements of imaginative play using the gender binary, society reinforces the gender binary and heteronormative gender norms. When children violate these norms, adults punish the deviance rather than allowing children to play with the toys they want and have a variety of experiences with gender expression.