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b"Over the last ten years, Gender Reveal Parties have exploded, figuratively and literally. Parents, communities, and social media followers alike can witness the moment that parents and families find out the sex of their future baby, but lately, these parties have gotten so out of hand as to cause massive wildfires, explosions, damage to homes, injuries, and death. For this episode, we will try to figure out what in the world is going on here by exploring the history of gendered baby items, of the strange divination methods once used to guess the biological sex, and take a look at the idea of rituals around the mystery of pregnancy. Of course, we\\u2019ll also ask questions about the regressive nature of this blue and pink gender binary, and I will share a little about my own childhood growing up as a non-binary kid, a word I wouldn\\u2019t know for two decades.\\n\\nBecome a Patron to get access to Chelsey's other podcast Walk with Me\\n\\nGo to brickhousesleep.com and get 15% off your first order at checkout with promo code HYSTERIA\\n\\nAmerican Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith\\nSound design by Clear Commo Studios\\n Research and co-writing by Riley Smith\\nCo-produced and edited by Miranda Zickler\\nVoice acting by Will Rogers\\n\\nFollow American Hysteria on social media:\\nTwitter: @AmerHysteria\\n Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast\\n Find our merch at americanhysteria.com\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"