Episode 85: Jonathan Custodio on gender, masculinity, and listening to the en(gender)ed podcast

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Jonathan Custodio, a recent Lehman college graduate, a New Yorker, and a journalist focused on bringing awareness to community issues around racial and cultural identify and disenfranchisement.  Jonathan joins us today to talk about the ways in which masculinity in culture and the media have shaped him--his ideas, his behaviors, and his relationships-- and how listening to the en(gender)ed podcast has informed his subsequent changes and thoughts about how gender and identity is constructed.

During our conversation, Jonathan and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• The TV show, The Wire
• Our interview with Richie Reseda and teaching feminism to reduce recidivism
• How the brain matures at age 25 and what happens then
• Masculinity and its men's attitudes towards seeking mental health help
• ACEs or Adverse Childhood Experiences
• The concept of "microaggressions"
• Our interview with author, Leta Hong Fincher, on Chinese feminists and her books, Leftover Women and Betraying Big Brother
• Our interview with Taté Walker on using storytelling and art to create social change around Indigenous rights (We apologize that our guest misgendered Taté by referring to them as a 'she' instead of 'they')
• Our interview with Indian feminist activist, Bimla Vishwapremi
• Teri's use of the #ConnectTheDots hashtag to bring awareness of the ways in which gender-based violence and/or oppression is rendered invisible in the media 

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