As a queer trans person, I have an abundance of personal knowledge and experience regarding the topic of gender and sex. I have been active in local LGBT communities and have both attended and led workshops for young adults on this topic. I love that in the beginning of the article, “Sex and Gender 101”, when explaining biological sex it is noted that determination of this is mainly based of someone’s external genitalia. I often see the common misconception that it is only based on chromosomes. I’m very glad that the author included the statistical fact that intersex people are as common as redheads. This is a fact that I love to share and it almost always surprises people when I tell them. If you think about it, I think we can all identify at least one redhead person we know, whether we know them personally or from the public eye. Unfortunately we aren’t taught about intersex people in general education, and if they are mentioned it is very brief and presented in a way that describes intersex people as such a small percentage of the population, so there’s no need to give it attention. In reality, they are a significant and very real part of the world population, whose rights are still overlooked. From my opinion as a non-intersex person, I think this articles quick explanation of intersex is helpful and informative. 
The essay on Feminism was equally informative. The author uses her definition that feminism is a “movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and opression.” to emphasize that feminism is NOT anti-men, but anti-sexism; Sexism is the problem because it has been pushed on us all since birth. Even with my already existing personal knowledge on these topics, I find these articles to be a great comprehensive foundation to begin this course with. Both articles start with challenging/de-bunking common misconceptions related to gender, sex and feminism (i.e. the idea that Feminism is anti-men)