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Gender Minority Speakers and Debaters: You are heard. You are valid. You are strong.
I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for watching this. I have felt so passionately about the issue of gender discrimination in speech and debate (and I'm sure many of you do as well), so I wanted to create this documentary to expose the depth at and ways in which it is present, highlight its broader ramifications in the professional world, and discuss solutions to implement to solve this issue. I hope that this opened some of your eyes, made some of you feel less alone in your experiences, and empowered ALL of you to take steps to make change.
I love you all so much. Let’s keep fighting.
- Aarushi
***I am releasing this documentary with a fundraiser for the Women's Debate Institute, meaning that you can donate to the them through this video and the money will go to their amazing organization that works on fighting the oppression of gender minorities in speech and debate at the high school and college level. Read more about their organization here!: https://womensdebateinstitute.org/
~~ TIMESTAMPS:
------ Introduction: 00:00
------ Part 1: The Problem
Part 1a: Experiences of Gender Minority Debaters: 1:24
Part 1b: Experiences of Gender Minority Coaches and Judges: 8:08
Part 1c: The Lack of and Importance of Gender Minority Role Models: 15:42
------ Part 2: It's Bigger Than Speech and Debate. How These Problems Manifest Themselves in the Professional World: 25:19
------ Part 3: What now? Solutions.
Part 3a: Personal, Team, Camp, and Tournament Changes to be Made: 38:44
Part 3b: Higher Up - Calling on the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA): 1:00:03
------ Part 4: Final Thoughts
Part 4a: Messages for Those Who Treat Others Differently Based on Their Identity 1:06:17
Part 4b: Is There Anything Else You'd Like to Add or Discuss?: 1:15:31
~~ RESOURCES MENTIONED:
- Beyond Resolved: https://www.beyond-resolved.org/
- @SpeechAndDebateStories: https://www.instagram.com/speechanddebatestories/
- “Debate Like a Girl” by Ella Schnake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii5HtExwEDc&t=6s
- w.in db8 (womxn in debate): https://www.windebate.org/
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking about her experience with Ted Yoho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oa4go99vzI&list=LL7O0Yx4Su09Jg4Gv_dIzS2g&index=5&t=97s
- Amy Klobuchar speaking about the double-standard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJNM4iJj1Qo&list=LL7O0Yx4Su09Jg4Gv_dIzS2g&index=1&t=302s
- Yukiho’s Goodbye Message: https://www.beyond-resolved.org/post/a-goodbye-from-your-executive-director
- Texas Debate Collective: https://texasdebatecollective.org/
- To read: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, Shanara Reid-Brinkley
- To watch: Black is King by Beyoncé
- Speaking Up Safely: https://www.instagram.com/speakingupsafely/
~~ STUDIES REFERENCED:
- Tartakovsky, Daniel. “Gender Disparities in Competitive High School Debate New Evidence from Comprehensive Tournament Results Data.” 2016.
---------Full Study: http://www.vbriefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Tartakovsky_Tabroom_Analysis.pdf
- Abbott, Allen George. “Gender inequality in speech and debate: To what extent are female competitors statistically disadvantaged in high school public forum debate?” 2018.
---------Full Study: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-UpUVxGRU8cAn8SKvwXaPf7Y_pXAZZtW/view
- Kawolics, Rich. “PUBLIC FORUM DOES NEED TO CHANGE: A RESEARCH-BASED EVALUATION BY RICH KAWOLICS.” BEYOND RESOLVED, 20 June 2019, beyondresolved.org/2019/06/20/pfchange/.
---------The link in the citation is not to the full study, only to a summary of the study since I could not find it in full. If you know where to find it, please leave the link to in a comment below or DM me on my social media and I will add it here.
~~ ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE:
- Ohiospeaks. “The Feminist Kritik.” Ohio Speaks, 6 May 2017, ohiospeaks.net/2017/05/06/the-feminist-kritik/.
[Feel free to leave more resources in the comments!]
~~ MISC FROM THIS DOCUMENTARY:
- Reddit Post that Ranked Debaters: https://www.reddit.com/r/Debate/comments/3yh54r/pf_midyear_awards_results/
- Music:
---------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUWRmcPiJY&list=LL7O0Yx4Su09Jg4Gv_dIzS2g&index=11&t=13s
---------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tXOLqnjSg8&list=LL7O0Yx4Su09Jg4Gv_dIzS2g&index=10
---------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbCYIRMuxs4
- Pictures:
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~~ If you want to learn more about why I created this documentary, you can watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aflFyk7xYw&t=189s
~~ If you have any comments or questions, leave them in the comments below or you can message me on IG (@everythingaarushi) or Twitter (@aarushischannel)
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