{"id":615302,"date":"2024-04-02T20:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kyne-santos-is-tiktoks-reigning-math-queen\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T20:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:30:57","slug":"kyne-santos-is-tiktoks-reigning-math-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kyne-santos-is-tiktoks-reigning-math-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kyne Santos is TikTok&#8217;s reigning math queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e55cafb74\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e55cafb74\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kyne-santos-is-tiktoks-reigning-math-queen\/#POP_QUIZ\" >POP QUIZ<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\nOne and a half million math converts have flocked to Santos\u2019s @onlinekyne account for camp explanations of quadratic equations and square roots\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<img data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1259027 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WEB_OPENER_SatyPratha_Macleans-Kyne-Portrait1542.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WEB_OPENER_SatyPratha_Macleans-Kyne-Portrait1542-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WEB_OPENER_SatyPratha_Macleans-Kyne-Portrait1542-844x562.jpg 844w, https:\/\/macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WEB_OPENER_SatyPratha_Macleans-Kyne-Portrait1542-1000x666.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/>Kyne Santos\u2019s introduction to math was highly practical. His late father, a Filipino immigrant who worked as an engineer for Toyota in Cambridge, Ontario, told his young son that excelling in the subject would help him land a good job. By high school, math was Santos\u2019s best mark, and he competed in contests\u2014in his case, exams provided by the University of Waterloo. \u201cI didn\u2019t win often, but they exposed me to the creative side of math,\u201d Santos says. \u201cLike trigonometry proofs, where there weren\u2019t right or wrong ways to do them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time, Santos began experimenting with makeup, wearing red lipstick and eyelashes to school\u2014a \u201csuperhero cape,\u201d as he explored his gender expression. By 2016, when Santos was a first-year math major at Waterloo, he saw a live performance by Kitchener queen Miss Drew, who inspired him to take to the stage. By day, Santos would complete his coursework; by night, using Kyne as a drag name, he\u2019d perform in DIY costumes at campus pubs and nightclubs across southern Ontario. By 2020, Kyne had become something of a domestic drag icon, placing 11th on the first season of <em>Canada\u2019s Drag Race<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Once filming wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed, Santos found himself in a creative rut. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> wig-styling tutorials were a fine-enough outlet, but then he remembered his first love. \u201cI started posting math riddles on TikTok, dressed in drag,\u201d Santos says. \u201cI thought nothing would come of it.\u201d Thousands of views and comments quickly rolled in. (\u201cIf only u had been my math teacher\u2014I\u2019m sure my life, grades and attendance would look extremely different,\u201d one said.) In a viral clip, Kyne dons a purple organza top and dazzling gemstone earrings, batting her thick lashes while explaining the ins and outs of M\u00f6bius s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s. It has close to 15 million views.<\/p>\n<p>One and a half million math converts flocked to Santos\u2019s @onlinekyne account for camp explanations of quadratic equations and square roots and, soon, Santos had adapted the tips into a book. This spring, Johns Hopkins University Press released Math in Drag, in which Santos explains key math concepts, like the law of averages, alongside queer history tidbits about drag balls and Marsha P. Johnson. It even explores the statistical probability of winning<em> Drag Race<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For Santos, now 26, Kyne\u2019s career has been instructive in a few senses. \u201cWhen I was young, I thought, <em>If I\u2019m really flamboyant, how am I going to get a job as a mathematician or a scientist?<\/em>\u201d Santos says. \u201cIt\u2019s important to me to undo the stereotype that a \u2018math person\u2019 can\u2019t wear makeup or be feminine, that you have to fit in a certain box.\u201d With the book dusted, Santos\u2019s next goal is to establish a scholarship program and possibly a tutoring service, online or in a classroom setting. The uniforms will likely be fabulous.<br \/>\n<img data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1259029 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1332\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SatyPratha_Macleans-Kyne-Portrait1628.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SatyPratha_Macleans-Kyne-Portrait1628-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SatyPratha_Macleans-Kyne-Portrait1628-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SatyPratha_Macleans-Kyne-Portrait1628-374x562.jpg 374w, https:\/\/macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SatyPratha_Macleans-Kyne-Portrait1628-666x1000.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1332px) 100vw, 1332px\"\/><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"POP_QUIZ\"><\/span>POP QUIZ<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Favourite equation:<\/strong> \u201cI really like <em>ei\u03c0<\/em> + 1 = 0. It incorporates numbers, like e and i, that forced mathematicians to expand their frameworks. The \u2018celebrity numbers,\u2019 as I call them.\u201d<br \/><strong>Go-to lip-sync song:<\/strong> \u201cThe Boss\u201d by Diana Ross<br \/><strong>Drag idol:<\/strong> RuPaul. \u201cShe opened the doors for queens in the mainstream, doing daytime drag shows, TV and writing books!\u201d<br \/><strong>Favourite author:<\/strong> \u201cAside from me, I really like Eugenia Cheng. Her book <em>How to Bake Pi<\/em> makes math approachable for the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> public\u2014and incorporates her love of baking.\u201d<br \/><strong>Downtime pastime:<\/strong> Watching <em>Real Housewives<\/em> at home in bed. \u201c<em>Salt Lake City<\/em> is full of camp icons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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