The performance and gamification of certain issues can allow for a different dialogue or even normalize and allow those to see representation that they normally wouldn’t. While looking at Verbatim Performance Lab’s Kavanaugh Files, it made me remember my feelings the day of the hearing. I vividly remember having a conversation with my U.S. History teacher and she brought up the point of how people would have reacted to the hearings if Kavanaugh was a woman and had that same outburst. A similar thing can be said if Dr. Blasey were a man, because sexual assault is rarely taken seriously but especially so when a man is the victim.
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