Watching TV at a young age Kitan already knew: sometimes they’re Sailor Moon, sometimes they’re a Power Ranger, sometimes both, sometimes neither. Their parents didn’t really keep a close eye on their gender performance. As long as they did well in school, there wasn’t much to worry about. Play with whatever toys you want, aspire to be Sailor Moon or whoever else, listen to whatever music you like, but bring home those A’s.
Despite all this, Kitan’s childhood wasn’t all good and well. In this episode we cover the good and the bad. They did not have the language to express their gender, they had to deal with high academic pressure, but thankfully there was always music to come back to. Punk, Metal and Visual Kei were, and still are, a comforting safe space.
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Flashback Track: GLAY – 誘惑 (Yuuwaku)
Queer Artist Spotlight: My Chemical Romance – Thank You for the Venom
Best Live Experience: Avenged Sevenfold – Bat Country
Recent Discovery: kiryu – utsusemi
Shownotes:
Visual Kei (wiki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_kei
A7X NFT’s https://www.altpress.com/meta/avenged-sevenfold-deathbats-club-nft-interview/
Non Binary in Japanese (forum) https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/68093/is-there-a-word-for-non-binary-in-japanese
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