I've been out and full-time for three months, and in that time I've almost completely stopped updating this blog. That happens sometimes, so nothing new there. The new semester started, which has largely eaten up my free time for writing, and moreover, I've picked my creative work back up, which basically chewed the rest. I …
Continue reading "On Renouncing Privilege, pt. 3 (and Politics, pt. 2): Rhetoric and Discourse"
I've mentioned before that I write fiction as a hobby. It's extremely, extremely rare that I ever share anything I have written. Actually, it's rare that I ever even finish anything. However, I recently came across an old writing backup from several hard drives ago, and since I have long since lost the inspiration to …
I've tried doing a few things to make it clear that this blog is a documentation of my personal growth, both generally as a person and specifically as a transwoman. I've added a disclaimer to the "about the blog" section, for example, and I once even had a front page that forced you to essentially …
Continue reading "On Hormones, pt. 10: Growth, or Why Transmedicalism is Mostly Bullshit"
This has already been shared on Facebook and Reddit, but I figured "hey, might as well save it to the blog." I'm sure I'll be glad I did one day. (Yes, I know I've already shared the above picture, but it's the one I used for the post--gotta be diligent in my self-archived history!) ___ …
The last post I made on this blog was written out of obligation. As I wrote there, "I honestly don’t have much to write about here. I know that I should, and that is why I am, but I really don’t." I have a few other, completely unrelated posts front-loaded that just need to be …
First of all, look at the cover photo for this post and bask in the Pinterest-inspired glory of the vanity I designed for myself. Second of all, it's been... Holy crap! I let six months go by between "On Transition" posts?! I surely didn't mean to do that. I missed documenting months 5-10 of transition, …
Continue reading "On Transition, pt. 3: The Night before Full-time"
*Note: The website mentioned in this article no longer exists. All the screenshots provided are from 2011 and older snapshots from archive.org. This snapshot can be accessed here. Actually, go ahead and click it, and then imagine using such a thing as an "authoritative" source for research.* In a fit of maximum pettiness, I've been …
Continue reading "Earliest Trans Memories, pt. 7: Laura’s Playground"
I feel like every single piece of this story I've told so far has had the disclaimer that "it's hard to remember now," but really, the week or two (three? four?) that followed my first unsuccessful "coming out" to Naomi are almost entirely lost to my memory. I never really "got" how anyone who had …
Continue reading "On My BFF, Pt. 5: The Second Coming (Out)"
I am always anxious when I consider writing anything about religion. Maybe that's due to my fairly religious upbringing, where belief is simply something to be had but never, ever questioned. Of course, it's okay to question the beliefs of others, especially if they belong to a denomination which is different from your own. Bonus points …
I felt so inspired to write this post, but now that I've sat down to do it, I'm not sure where to begin. For all of the many, many downs that life has thrown at me--and I assure you, there have been many, many--I do occasionally have a moment which can be described only as …
