Gender - Liminal Reflections

On Transgender Children and Medical Intervention

I saw this post fly by on my Twitter timeline earlier and I've been thinking about it for the last hour or so. I have deep sympathy for the quoted person, and this will not be a thread that invalidates their pain or experiences. I have some thoughts I want

Gender

On Being Openly Transgender and LGBT Visibility

I had a lovely coffee chat with Justin Oulette (@jstn) today and one of the topics that came up was LGBT representation online and in media, and I told him I thought it was both cool and brave that he was so open about being bisexual publicly. He was really

Gender

Getting Older as a Woman and the Myth of Sexual Market Value

A younger female friend of mine who had recently gone through a breakup was being very anxious about getting older and worrying about what this would do to her ability to find a partner one day. I was thinking about this and the responses she was getting to her concerns

Gender

Transgender Semantics and Feminine Identity

There’s an interesting conversation happening on Twitter regarding trans identities and semantics and as a writer, I like talking about words, so let’s unpack some thoughts I have about this whole thread of discussion. I want to start by noting that words have different utility in different contexts,

Gender

The Challenges of Trans Women in Female-Only Spaces

Tonight I want to talk about an issue I have seen play out many times and seen discussed privately many times and yet which is VERY touchy for people who are not trans to discuss publicly and still look like allies. Probably touchy even if you are trans but I'll

Social Issues

The Weirdness of Becoming Attractive in Your 30s

Okay I'll take a short break from coding to talk about this this morning since apparently it's interesting and I will do my best (as usual) to make it as not cringe as possible... because the point of talking about this isn't "gee guys, look at me!" But rather to