When I first started this blog, it was my intention to remain completely anonymous. No name, no pictures. Hence, the name of the blog and my pen name. I broke that rule once early on, when I posted a picture of myself that had been altered by a combination of FaceApp and another makeup app …
At least 60% of my childhood was made up of cartoons. I can still quote certain episodes of Spongebob and Dexter's Lab with 100% accuracy. Actually, plenty more shows than that, but those two seem to stick out. Many people have forgotten about "Ozzy and Drix", the serialized follow-up to "Osmosis Jones", but I haven't. …
A lot has happened since my last post. I have come out to at least a dozen people. I have been in therapy for three months. I have been officially, clinically diagnosed with gender dysphoria. I am going in for my first consultation for hormone replacement therapy in two weeks. I go out with painted …
I finally came out this weekend. I'll write more of the experience in a later post, probably. Right now, I want to talk about the soundtrack for the moment. Music has been one of the ways I have coped with my dysphoria for a long time. There are plenty of good artists that have filled …
I'm known for being a "car guy", as I have mentioned previously. I love them, I love working on them, I love driving them, I love writing about them, and I love talking about them. And I have more than a few friends who feel the same way. So, this isn't one of my "earliest" …
Continue reading "(Not So) Earliest Transgender Memories, pt. 4"
I was trying to remember yesterday how old I was when I first typed "I want to be a girl" on the internet. I would put it around ten or so, give or take a year or two. This would've been in the late 90s or early 2000s. Back then, I don't remember ever reading …
Continue reading "Earliest Transgender Memories, pt. 3 + On Hormones, pt. 8"
The lines that accompany the scene in the picture above, for those who aren't the Tolkien nerd I am. Sam: "This is it." Frodo: "This is what?" Sam: "If I take one more step, it will be the farthest from home I've ever been." Hey, even the title of this post is a Lord of …
I should be spending my time grading my students' papers right now, instead of spending the entire day writing on this blog. But writing is my outlet, and knowing I won't be able to write here for the next few days, I want to get in as much as I can now. Actually, let's talk …
I can vividly remember being 3 or 4 years old, and my father videotaping me. He was obsessed with our VHS camcorder back then. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" This was the first time I remember ever being asked the question. It was not something I had ever thought of …
Continue reading "On Me, pt. 3 (and Earliest Transgender Memories, pt. 2)"
As always, light spoilers ahead. Today's trope: The Clown This particular trope could probably be a series all its own, as I believe it to be the historically most prolific representation of cross-dressing across time. The Clown is the use of cross-dressing and transgenderism for comedic effect. I was reminded most recently of this trope …
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