Largely in response to the lack of technical control I experienced in making my previous film, Masculine Affirmation features myself going through different actions that affirm my gender identity. In this way, the film could be seen as the third part of a tryptych including Morning Routine and Makeup Experiment.
While this film offers greater complexity and polish than my previous two solo works, it was also confirmation that my work with participants and the focus on homosociality present in Remote Acting Exercise was a more appropriate direction to continue in than any further solitary endeavours.