[Intro Music] (CC: Tang)
Welcome. We have
much to discuss, and I imagine you are feeling
a little bit like Alice right now. The world
is changing around you, and you are tumbling
down the rabbit hole. Those that have only
read the title are fighting a battle that
will never come to fruition. Even here, I
hear your typing. Such people have the sound
of individuals that accept whatever they see,
simply because they expect to wake up from
a nightmare. Ironically, this is not far from
the truth. Do you believe in more than two
genders, my friend? Why not? Perhaps I know
exactly what you need. Let me tell you why
you are here. You are seeking knowledge. You
are curious. You cannot explain it, but you
can feel it; you've felt it your entire life.
There's something wrong with the world -- a
limiting factor of sorts. It is this feeling
that has brought you to me. Do you want to
know what gender is? Do you want to know WHY
it is? We can observe gender when we parse
history textbooks, or examine cultural or
social anthropology. You feel it when you
are wearing things that give you delight,
when you move around in public and are seen
for who you are. When you consider yourself
among a group. it is a world that has been
constructed around you, mostly meant to fool
you. Sometimes, when we've yet to examine
such basic things within ourselves, and throughout
societies, we can have the wool pulled over
our eyes to blind us from the truth. The truth
is that we were born into a prison for our
minds that you cannot taste, nor smell, nor
touch. A prison that prevents you from recognizing
other people as human beings with similar
characteristics, yet fundamentally different
experiences. Unfortunately, I cannot tell
you to believe any of this, I can merely show
you. You must see it for yourself, and make
a choice. This is your last chance; after
this, there is no going back. You take the
blue pill: You continue typing, and you believe
whatever you want to believe. You take the
red pill: And you stay in wonderland, and
I show you just how far the rabbit hole goes.
Your choice.
[Piano Music]
