Episode 146: Ryan Ken

Tuck chats with actor and writer Ryan Ken (they/them). Topics include:

• Why a TikTok can be more useful than a DEI training
• Using fashion strategically as a fat, Black, queer, nonbinary person
• When astrology can be reminiscent of Evangelical Christianity
• Why masculinity, not femininity, felt fragile and delicate as a child
• Plus: classical violin, Last Week Tonight, and moving beyond allyship

This Week in Gender: Ryan’s TikTok videos about The New York Times and Beauty & the Beast.

Find Ryan on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram @ryan_ken_acts.

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