Words and ways of thinking are changing all the time as old, limiting beliefs transform and evolve.
What can you do to honor nature and the dance we are all part of as things expand and grow?
You can keep your understanding of bodies, gender, and pronouns as dancing and alive and current as possible. This means knowing about lots of different kinds of people and including every body as a normal part of your regular, everyday life.
Consider how you think, how you speak, what stories you pass on, what books and movies you look at, even how you learn about nature, or history or cultures.
And always remember the wheel and your place in the dance.
This keeps Gender Now!
Comprehension Questions
1. What does the author advise us on the topic of gender?
A. Attend a Pride festival in June.
B. March in a transgender rally.
C. Know about lots of different kinds of people and include every body as a normal part of life.
2. Why does she challenge us to stay alive and current?
A. So that we don't get stuck in old-fashioned thinking.
B. So that we don't get in trouble at our workplace.
C. Because old ways of thinking are changing all the time as beliefs transform and evolve.
A. So that we don't get stuck in old-fashioned thinking.
B. So that we don't get in trouble at our workplace.
C. Because old ways of thinking are changing all the time as beliefs transform and evolve.
Your Thoughts
3. Did you like this excerpt? Why or why not?
Vocabulary
4. List any vocabulary words below.