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AGENDER “an identity under the nonbinary and transgender umbrella terms. Agender individuals find that they have no gender identity, although some define this more as having a gender identity that is neutral.�
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How different would our idea of beauty be if we only saw souls in stead of bodies ?
BRANT BROTHERS Lauch unisex makeup line with MAC Cosmetics
Your MAC collection is designed to be worn by both genders. Though beauty icons are traditionally thought of as feminine, do either of you have a male beauty icon? Peter: Brando before he got fat. Harry: Yeah, but also, beauty icons and men is not really something that are in conjunction with each other. My male beauty icon would be David Bowie. Because he was really one of the first people to say, “fuck the gender.” He was beautiful, and he was celebrated for it. His face is so iconic. He is my absolute beauty icon, and I didn’t even think about it before this. From what society has taught us, you ultimately think of a woman.
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http://stylecaster.com/beauty/brant-brothers-second-mac-collection/
How do you think your new line plays into the gender-neutral fixation happening right now in fashion and pop culture? Harry: Truthfully, I really believe that makeup should not be for men or women. It should be for both genders. It’s ridiculous to me. It’s not like clothes. Peter: It’s designed to enhance your face. Harry: The only reason why the line is called unisex is because men would feel more comfortable with it. We’re guys, you can sell makeup to guys. But guys aren’t going to go out and buy Nicki Minaj’s lipstick, even if it works on men. They just won’t. Peter: And no matter how far we’ve come in blurring gender, there’s still a lot of societal norms that people need to follow. Harry: As a kid, I felt that, I thought that men wearing makeup was weird. I went to an all-boys school, and that was taught to me. It was only until I starting getting into fashion that I was able to express myself with the way I dressed. I was always very eccentric in the way I dressed, and so was Peter. It wasn’t until we were allowed to express ourselves with our fashion and with our makeup that we were in a community where we were celebrated. People think we were never made fun of, but that’s not true. Peter: The fact is, we just didn’t care. Harry: I remember one year when I was going to the Dior show, and I had this jacket with all these different bells on it. Kids were walking by, and they just started laughing hysterically at me. I was jingling, but it was a magical jacket. I went to the show, and everyone was like, “that’s fabulous!” I wasn’t doing it to look attractive, I wasn’t doing it to look cute. It looks costumey.
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THIRD GENDER a category of people who are considered as being neither men nor women, such as transgender and intersex people. Jaden Smith claims being third gender
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“ Went to Topshop to buy some girl clothes, I mean ‘clothes. ”
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Jaden Smith breaking the gender norm by being the new face of womens wear of Louis Vouitton
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http://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/3565/faye-erica-toogood
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“ The seasonless, unisex styles are a reflection of the humble workwear origins. Worker’s uniforms have been the perfect starting point for us – the garments behave on a very sculptural basis that somehow reacts very differently to each wearer: male or female. “
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Caitlyn Jenner won big at GLAMOUR's Woman of The Year Awards Caitlyn Jenner, better know as Bruce Jenner. No one would imagine this all around masculine athlete going from a he to an all feminine she and him telling the world was a shock for a lot of people but it was a standment as well. Not a lot of people expected that of him, or now her. Said a lot about her as person and that it is okay in our genaration to be who you truly are and wanna be. Caitlyn Jenner telling the audience : “when it comes to gender, everyone in this room is on a journey. We are constantly learning and growing as human being learning about ourselves, but there is a second part of this population when it comes to gender. There is massive confusion deep down inside.�
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Transgender model Discovered in New York City’s Lower East Side, Geena Rocero built her career by working as a swimsuit and lingerie model for over 12 years. It was only in March of 2014 when the model came out as transgender, during a powerful TED talk. The Philippinesse model is now launching Gender Proud, “an organization dedicated to empowerment and raising awareness of transgender issues. ”
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Target's Gender Neutrality Shift Kids don’t care about their gender roles nearly as much as grown-ups do. American chain-store, Target, revealed that it would no longer be organizing certain items based on gender, particularly items designed for children. This includes changing signage from things like “girl’s bedding/boy’s bedding” to simply “kid’s bedding,” as well as removing gendered signs and color designations from the toy section. You see, kids haven’t been on Earth for too long for the most part, so they haven’t learned all of the social rules and mores that adults have down by rote. For kids, their interests rarely have to do with “you’re a boy/girl, so you have to like boy/girl stuff” because they haven’t been indoctrinated in the same way grown-ups have and, quite frankly, isn’t that marvelous? Think about the freedom that affords them! A little girl can dream of being an architect! A little boy can dream of being a dancer! But imagine that carefree, bug-digging-fourth-grade girl sees the signs that say “girl’s toys” and “boy’s toys.” All of the ant farms and butterfly nets, the plastic creepy-crawlers and digging kits are in the boy aisle. But wait, she is a girl, and she likes bugs…is something wrong with her? Suddenly, she is ashamed of herself. She is ashamed of her interests in science and exploring because they don’t fit into what her identity is “supposed” to be. Her curiosity about the microscopic world beneath her feet is squelched. Her spirit is crushed.
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https://www.theodysseyonline.com/targets-gender-neutrality-shift
Target’s change has nothing to do with grown-ups and their value systems. This shift is not about “changing” your child’s gender or “political correctness.”
It’s about the children.
It’s about opening up the world around them so they can feel comfortable in their own skin and be interested in what they are truly interested in. It’s about letting kids know that they are special, smart, and important just the way they are, and that there is nothing wrong with them for liking dolls, or Legos, or submarines. Because nothing is wrong with that. It’s just kids being kids. And that is something we should all be able to get behind.
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aGender project In the spring of 2015, Selfridges, a British department store, launched a new campaign called the Agender Project. This campaign featured a three-floor exhibition of gender neutral clothing. The display of clothes was completely non-gender specific. Selfridges showcased the same/ similar outfits on both men and women instead of using gender specific mannequins. Selfridges isn’t the only brand to experiment with gender roles in fashion; in 2016, many women models took part in men’s fashion shows!
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One gender fits all
Is Gender Neutral The New Gender Norm In Fashion?
With the recent release of Zara's new clothing line, Ungendered, the fashion industry seems to be transitioning more and more into the concept of genderless clothing. Although many view this as a new, revolutionary subject, it is actually not very new at all. The idea of gender fluidity has been sweeping the nation and is becoming more popularized than ever. From celebrities to people at the mall, everyone seems to be transitioning into being less of one gender and more of none, a mixture — agender. Now, not everyone that prefers unisex fashion considers themselves agender or gender fluid. And not everyone that prefers the term agender likes unisex, genderless clothing. However, both seem to have arisen at the same time and are very popular subjects globally. The 21st-century society, better known as Generation Z, seems to be focusing mainly on breaking down the gender stereotypes and walls previously put up by generations before. This generation views gender and sexuality as a more complex topic because it vastly affects an individual’s identity. With fashion evolving faster than ever, most brands are starting to realize restricting themselves to focusing on one gender clothing will eventually be, if it isn’t already, hopeless. Especially when the world calls for more and more progression into this gender neutral society.
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https://www.theodysseyonline.com/gender-neutral-gender-norm-fashion
Clothing is not just the fabric you wear on your back, it’s not just an item you use to cover yourself up, it tells people who you are. It’s not just the clothes. Being empowered as an individual, no matter how you identify. Now ask yourself, am I on board with this changing concept? Is it fashion or is it a uniform? And does this new line of fashion really break down the stereotypes? That, I'm not sure of. But I would like to see where it leads in the future.
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Gender Fluidity why say male or female ? Gender fluidity is something that's always been important to me--even before I had a name for it. I was raised by a mother who played on her high school's men's soccer team and was a powerhouse in the world of construction. I never understood the line or wall between men and women. Why did people think it was "brave" of my mom to do those things? Why couldn't they focus on what a good athlete or businessperson she was. Why was she seen as a "female athlete," instead of an "athlete," or a "businesswoman" instead of a "businessperson"? While I've always been attracted to "girl's clothes," I also love to wear clothes traditionally worn by cis men. There's a very good chance you've seen me in a store like Target, throwing a fit about how the flannels and sweaters in the men's department are softer, looser and, overall, more comfortable. Also, why do the men get the cool band tees? Why does the women's department try to sell me a Disney T-shirt when I want the TMNT one? Why do stores assume I wouldn't want a "Batman" shirt over a One Direction shirt? But I digress. The great thing about gender fluidity is getting to see my male-identifying friends excited to wear traditional "girl's clothes" like skirts, dresses, tights and heeled shoes. I love seeing them experiment with makeup and being happy with the results. I just wish the world was progressive enough that they'd feel safe to dress that way in public.
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https://www.theodysseyonline.com/gender-fluidity-fashion-industry
I'm not saying men have to wear "girl's clothes" or women have to wear "boy's clothes." I just think people should be allowed to wear whatever style they want, and feel safe doing so.
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living without labels As Freud put it: “When you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is ‘male or female?’ and you are accustomed to make the distinction with unhesitating certainty.” Had Freud lived through the 20th century instead of the 19th, he might have had good cause for hesitation. In an era when gender norms—and many other norms—were being questioned and dismantled, unisex clothing was the uniform of choice for soldiers in the culture wars. Pink is for girls, blue is for boys. This is how a large portion of our population has been raised to think. Gender roles are given to us way before we are born, and attached to those roles are labels or characteristics that help distinguish the difference between men and women. However, can these attributes really determine our behavior? How does sexuality come into play with the roles cast amongst genders? The term “gender” began to be used to describe the social and cultural aspects of biological sex in the 1950s—a tacit acknowledgement that one’s sex and one’s gender might not match up neatly. The unisex clothing of the 1960s and 70s aspired “to blur or cross gender lines”; ultimately, however, it delivered “uniformity with a masculine tilt,” and fashion’s brief flirtation with gender neutrality led to a “stylistic whiplash” of more obviously gendered clothing for women and children beginning in the 1980s. As some fashion journalists have pointed out, today’s clothes “are much the same for each sex anyhow.” Societal norms change, the boundaries between women and men’s fashion become hazy. when we use labels to define us we are causing a fixed way of living, preventing others from finding their own identities on their own. Using labels is also one of the primary causes for stereotypes. The labels tied to genders promotes double standards. If we began living on a gender neutral
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lifestyle these standards set between the genders wouldn’t have to exist. A woman who chooses to explore her sexuality as she pleases wouldn’t be slut shamed, and a man who chooses to wear products targeted for women wouldn’t be seen as a homosexual. Our gender system tells us that gender and sexuality are exclusive, but if we took a gender neutral stance that wouldn’t be the case at all.Having an open-minded attitude toward gender neutrality and sexual fluidity means showing a disregard to the gender binary norms. This way of thinking is showing respect to the people who want to form their own authentic lifestyle. If you feel the need to have your own life set into certain categories, that’s okay if it feels authentic to you, but it’s important to understand that there are people who feel happier doing the complete opposite. Sexual fluidity correlates to a life without labels because those who are sexually fluid are taking on the freedom to explore their sexuality without having to express their sexual preference. Being sexually fluid can be showing preference towards one gender while open to all genders in sexual, emotional, and/or physical relationships. I believe it’s doing more good than harm. It’s bringing awareness to society and advocating social change. With gender neutrality, we are presenting a future that tells our children that nothing is impossible as long as they have the ability for it and not the gender for it. We are allowing women to feel free to be androgynous without being thought of as a lesbian, and telling men that it is okay to wear makeup if it makes him feel more comfortable with himself, just to list a few examples. So, in the meantime, let’s leave the labels on the price tags and remove them from ourselves.
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state of mind How different would our idea of beauty be if we only saw souls in stead of bodies ? In this last piece, i would like to share something about my own state of mind. I believe that people are looking for their own identity, so that they do not become a part of the big picture. Through history you see that people want to have to say something about the difference between men and women, colour of skin, gay or straight, rich or poor and we always just wanted to be who we really are, in stead of what other people think we should be. But most of all, that there shouldn’t be a difference between two persons. But since social media became a big influence in our lives, we had the feeling that we are this little person in the big group of indivuals. The same point where we decided we wanted to be bigger but most imported, we wanted to become one. We want to live in some kind of save heaven where we all are equal and it doesn’t matter anymore if your men or women, gay or straight, colour of skin, rich or poor. You can be who ever you like to be. I believe this is a way populair subject around the women all over the world. Because let’s be honest, we still aren’t as strong as we want to be. We’re getting there but there is still a big gap between men and women. That why the subject ‘Unisex” is way populair around women. The unisex clothing is more worn by women than men. Women wearing jeans is the most normal thing these days but men wearing skirts is still a big thing. While reading about this subject, I found it very interesting that there wasn’t a lot to say about the difference between
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the thoughts of men and women about this, but while searching I found out that men do find it a bit more difficult to fit in the unisex subject than women because they could lose their power but most of all what would people think about them wearing a skirt, for example. I think they are afraid of what people would think. Are they are gay ? But that’s the whole thing about the unisex or agender subject. It isn’t about what people think, it is about become one big group of people, in stead of being a type of person. We wanna become one, not only to straight the lines between men and women but also the ranks in society. It isn’t only about the gender, why would we wear something with a big label. Just to say ; look how rich I am or look what i can buy ? I’m always wondering if there will ever be a time where we could all be one ? Men or women, gay or straight, colour of skin, rich or poor. When I look around me, I only see people. How different would our idea of beauty be if we only saw souls in stead of bodies ?
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will the differences between gender & colour ever disapear ?
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