Part 1: Amethysta Herrick is… or has been… a geneticist, a chemist, a software engineer, and a manager. She is also a transgender woman. If that sounds a little outside your comfort zone, in these times it’s all the more reason to listen in.
In Part 1 of this episode, Ami discusses:
- Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
- Our core set of knowledge
- The fluidity of social norms
- Gender and identity – sex vs gender (things get sciencey here)
- Other terms: non-binary, pansexual, asexual, intersexual
- Dysphoria as Pathology? That’s the medical system!
Facts! and Science! are not the norm it seems these days so if you need to listen twice like I did, do it. Part 2 of our conversation follows this one.
Find Amethysta at https://www.amethysta.io/
Learn more about Amethysta and find both episodes together with all her links at https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-amethysta-herrick/
I’ve probably done most of the things you expect a woman my age to have done: married and divorced; three children; variety of jobs over the years including a couple of home-based businesses and, finally, a pretty good career; gave up that career (and home and life) to move and take care of a dementing mother; adult daughter moved back home with a baby; financial struggles; sucker-punched by the post-2007 economy. You tell a similar story.
My podcast is for Boomer Women. A variety of subjects, a variety of viewpoints... and open to suggestions if I'm not covering a topic you want to hear about.
