🎭 Culture Apr 20, 2026 · Noelani Kirschner

K. Shanks

The American Scholar
American Scholar magazine
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Multimedia artist K. Shanks feels most at home—and comfortable in their own skin—outside, surrounded by flora and fauna. Growing up, it took Shanks years to discover their queer, gender-nonconforming identity. Along the way, they realized that their relationship to things like clothing and family were fraught; places, such as school or their home, intended to feel safe were, in fact, not welcoming to them. In nature, however, “there was this shelter and protection and safety innately for my body

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