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Voice Sample in 3 Genders

https://videopress.com/v/HJN2x2jg?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Hello. I started grad school last week, which has been enthralling but a huge shift to my schedule. I also don't live very far out from Los Angeles county and the next

Processing Guilt and Power in a Legal Gender Change

When I was a comic book journalist in the mid 2010s, I was targeted for sex-based reasons twice by cis men with more clout and power. The first time was by a small time artist with a long time girlfriend who paid me minimal mind at the industry dinner we

Meditations on Masculinity: The Beauty of Roughness

When I was a senior in high school, there were two other students in one of my classes probably named Jake and Kristen. I lived in a large town and had almost 400 kids in my graduating class, so this was the first time I had ever met either of

Why I Use Neo-Pronouns

So some conservative asshole on the internet a few days ago told me my neo-pronouns were worth mockery and I cried about it. As a result of that, Grace asked me how my ze/zem/zir pronouns differed for me from they/them/their pronouns or my he/him/his

Decolonizing Notions of Language and Rethinking Verbs (Through Herbalism?)

The first thing my herbalism teacher had us do before our first class this past Sunday was listen to this podcast Ego to Eco Identity by Tara Brach. I am not mentioning this podcast to recommend it; I thought it was disorganized and rambling as the least offensive of its

Mea Culpa: The "Logic" of Too Much Testosterone

Yesterday, I found out that my testosterone level was 765 out of the 300-770 average range. Meaning that I currently have the testosterone level at the high end of the average male. This was incredibly shocking and also deeply upsetting to me because that is 600 mg up from the

Non binary People Are Annoying and Other Hot Trans Takes

This post is NSFW. Okay, I don't think non binary people are annoying, I was just pissed off earlier this week by two people who happened to be non binary like your beloved blogger here. Also, the title of this blog post is somewhat ironic because I hate