gender mathematics
8 page zine on the subject of gender, styled to look like a mathematics textbook & handwritten notes.
ID: A scan of a 8 page handwritten monochrome zine. The front cover reads 'gender mathematics'. It displays the trans symbol with two dashed lines extending outwards, a faint x denoting the size of the angle between the two lines. The back cover displays a small black triangle. The text under the triangle reads 'ISBN FVCKY0U' and '(c) 2023'.
Pages 1 and 2 contain the following text: Chapter 1. In 1637, René Descartes invented the convention of representing unknowns in equations by x and y. This convention is still commonly in use. This static formulation led to the modern notion of gender, which is simply a symbol representing a supposedly human subject that is unknown.
Pages 3 and 4 contain the following text: The given equation: xx = xx, is mathematically sound and self-evident. However, many claim that this does not provide a satisfying solution to the gender problem, as the absolute value of xx remains undetermined. QED is an abbreviation of the latin phrase 'quad erat demonstrandum' ('that which was to be demonstrated').
Page 5 contains the following text: The Vitruvian Man is a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. It represents a conception of ideal body proportions. Earlier drawings assumed that the gender and sex must be centered around a single point.
Page 6 depicts a line drawing based on da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, in which the man is depicted as having stylised double incision top surgery and hysterectomy scars, and a vulva. END OF TRANSCRIPT.