Category: Essays

  • Resistance is not an emotion.

    Resistance is not an emotion.

    How To Make A Place Where Nothing Bad Ever Happens (All steps are optional/circumstances-permitting except #10, which is mandatory.) So That’s How You’re Coping With The Election, Huh? Yep! And I’m not even ashamed of it. In 2016, I cared about US federal politics, I followed it closely, and what did it get me? Internet…

  • The View From The Other Side.

    The View From The Other Side.

    I have been a man in the eyes of the world for almost eight years now. I transitioned slowly, thinking maybe people would be more accepting if they saw I wasn’t “rushing into things,” if I gave them a chance to adjust. Or maybe I thought I could do it so slowly that nobody even…

  • What Ought A Woman?

    What Ought A Woman?

    Freedom from expectations that depend upon your ovary/testicle status is a human right. Trans people’s exercise of that right is not a special case.