Toxic Masculinity in the Outdoor Industry Fall 2023
When: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023. 12pm - 4pm CT.
Purchase your ticket and reserve your spot here!
Early bird ends Friday November 17th at midnight CT! 10% of sales will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Access equity pricing for Black and Indigenous to Turtle Island folks!
Have you ever been at a loss for what to say when you witness and/or experience toxic masculinity?
Have you ever had that gut feeling that something is off or wrong, but you held back or hesitated to say something because you didn't want to make any "waves," disturb the "peace," or upset your friends, co-workers, boss, etc.?
Have you ever wanted to interrupt bullshit, toxic behavior in your friend group or workplace, but you're not sure if it's "right time or place"?
Have you ever been gaslit, tone-policed, or silenced within an intimate, group, or work setting when you've tried to speak out about toxic, harmful, or violent behavior or language, and now you're second-guessing yourself and wondering if you're the problem?
We're here to stress that you're not the problem and you're not alone.
In this training and workshop you will gain in-depth knowledge about how toxic masculinity manifests in the outdoor industry, receive actionable advice about how to interrupt/disrupt toxic masculinity, develop tools for self-compassion and nervous system regulation, and leave with a grounded sense of confidence to catalyze anti-oppressive change towards gender and racial justice wherever you are within the outdoor industry, as well as your personal and professional sphere of influence.
What to Expect:
Taking place on Zoom, (you can have your camera on or off, we will mute participants during the presentation until it's time for group discussion) we will explore the manifestations of toxic masculinity in the outdoor industry by examining the white supremacist, patriarchal sentiments littering mainstream outdoor media (writing, film, etc.). We'll take a critical look at themes like individualism, Himpathy, warrior complex, and Peter Pan syndrome, all of which were found in ample supply in the documentary "Free Solo." We'll also examine and interrogate the ideologies of "Manifest Destiny," "The White Man's Burden," and even the concept of "terra incognita."
There will be an open Q+A and facilitated group discussion at the end. We'll chat as a community, share strategies as to how to make the outdoor industry a safer space for all, brainstorm ideas, and create connections across time and space!
This workshop is based on the essay "Ambient Dominion: How 'Free Solo' Points to an Epidemic of Toxic Masculinity." We will be taking a critical look at this film, as well as National Parks Adventure. Feel free to watch these films ahead of time if you'd like, but it's not required to participate!
This workshop is based on the essay, "Ambient Dominion: How 'Free Solo' Points to an Epidemic of Toxic Masculinity." We will be using this film, as well as National Parks Adventure, as entry points into this important cultural analysis. Feel free to watch these films ahead of time if you'd like, but it's not required to participate!
At the end of the workshop...
Attendees will leave this workshop with a heightened ability to pinpoint, understand, and discern what toxic masculinity looks like in the outdoor industry, as well as learn strategies for interrupting it in real-time. Attendees will also gain valuable tools for self-care, nervous system regulation, and compassion through a somatic approach.
Workshop Outline
Part 1: The violent legacy of “Manifest Destiny,” "the White Man's Burden," "terra incognita," the untold true history of the National Parks (including John Muir's racism), and how this connects to the current occupation of Indigenous land from here in the so-called United States, occupied Turtle Island, to Palestine
(5 min break)
Part 2: Toxic masculinity in outdoor media: individualism, himpathy, warrior complex, and Peter Pan syndrome
(10 min break)
Part 3: How to interrupt/disrupt, as well as tools and strategies for self-care/compassion, and nervous system regulation
(5 min break)
Part 4: Open Q+A and facilitated discussion
Workshop Length
The workshop will take place on Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 from 12pm-4pm CT. This is a half-day workshop. Please plan for about 3.5-4 hours (with breaks). Make sure to meal plan ahead of time if you can because snacking throughout is essential, as well as staying hydrated!
Pricing
Early bird Wednesday, November 8 - Friday, November 17th: $45
Early bird payment plan: 2 monthly payments of $22.50
Regular full price Saturday, November 18th - Wednesday, December 6th: $65
Regular payment plan: 2 monthly payments of $32.50
Reduced pricing is available for Black and Indigenous folks. Register here!
Need a scholarship? No problem! Email heyterracollective@gmail.com and we'll get you set up. No questions asked.
Are you an organization or corporate team?
We charge differently for group organizations and/or corporate teams.
Please email us at helloterraincognita@gmail.com if you'd like to register your group. We appreciate your integrity and transparency.
Are you a teacher who'd like your students to join the workshop?
We love to donate our time and educational resources to students! Please email us at heyterracollective@gmail.com and let's chat!
Our Style: Tell it like it is.
"Toxic masculinity is constantly in the headlines, images, narratives and films of the outdoor industry. The workshop, 'How to Interrupt Toxic Masculinity In The Outdoor Industry' interrogates how we got to this point. This workshop lays bare our history and socialization that permits harmful patterns of abuse that ultimately lead to the dehumanization of women, Indigenous communities, people of color and The Land."
— Christina Torres, founding zinester of Cyclista Zine
Meet Your Workshop Facilitators!
Erin Monahan (she/her)
Erin is a co-founder of Terra Incognita Media and a settler on the traditional and stolen lands of the Osage, Miami, and Oceti Sakowin peoples, otherwise known as St. Louis, Missouri. She is a writer, speaker, educator, trauma-informed mindset and embodiment coach, and has a background in anti-oppressive facilitation.
Erin is passionate about cultivating a nourishing and supportive community, as well as building an informative and robust educational platform for folks who strive to dismantle systems of oppression in their personal and professional lives, so we can see visible shifts towards gender and racial justice in the outdoor industry and beyond.
Christina Torres (she/her/ella)
Christina is a Kawaiisu-Paiute descendant of Tejon Indian Reservation and Chicana. Writing and riding in the unceded ancestral lands of the Munsee Lenape - Wappinger peoples in so-called New York. Zinester of Cyclista Zine. Blogger of City Girl Rides. Mobility justice and recreation to rematriation advocate.
Will there be a recording?
When you register you'll create a login and password that will give you access to your own personal Podia portal. The recorded replay will be available here within 48 hours of the event ending.
You'll have 30 days to view the recording.
Disclaimer
This workshop is intended for the sole use of the purchaser. Redistribution or rebroadcast to any other persons or groups is prohibited. We trust our community to remain in integrity with this and not share this recording with anyone who hasn't purchased it.
All sales final. No refunds, no exchanges. At this time, screenshotting, photographing or filming the workshop is allowed only with explicit credit given to the creators and authors, Erin Monahan and Christina Torres. All rights reserved. Thank You!
Cite Your Sources and Give Credit
We expect attendees to cite and give credit to any of the sources within this workshop. This also goes for the facilitators' spoken or written words, conversations, images, likeness, etc or any of the above when it comes to attendees.
All intellectual property and related material from this workshop is the sole property of Terra Incognita Media. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you shall not copy, reproduce or replicate any Intellectual Property.
Unauthorized copying, distribution, modification, public display, or public performance of copyrighted works is an infringement of the copyright holder’s rights. You agree that you will not use our workshop to infringe our intellectual property rights, or anyone else's. Please report copyright infringement claims to helloterraincognita@gmail.com
Let's create safe(r) spaces in the outdoor industry.
There are no true safe spaces, but we can work to dismantle imperialist-white supremacist-capitalist-patriarchy as bell hooks called it, and work to create safe(r) spaces where everyone's humanity is uplifted and honored. Let's expose toxic masculinity and re-write the dominant narrative of the outdoors. We hope to see you at the workshop!
With all of our feminist killjoy rage, solidarity, and care,
The Terra Team