Selfies of the Soul (05/26/2018)
Sometimes the healthiest identity is a constructed identity. THIS WEEK: The stress of friends moving across the country, the stress of losing friends altogether; plans for starting hormone replacement...
30 Touko 201857min
Imposter Syndrome: The Arrogance of Validation (05/13/2018)
What happens when you really believe nothing you do is worth the space it occupies? THIS WEEK: A flurry of life updates, including film awards, clothing swaps, and joyful conversations; how being tran...
19 Touko 201847min
Trans News Roundup: A Primal Scream of Existential Dread (04/20/2018)
What's going on in the world today? Probably nothing good! THIS WEEK: Updates about my life, including having a pleasant 4/20 (no relation); federal court overturns transgender military ban, which is ...
25 Huhti 20181h 1min
Is This What Being Human Feels Like? (04/11/2018)
Fun fact: sometimes coming out as transgender can be a good thing! THIS WEEK: I had my third laser appointment and it wasn't (as) miserable! Searching for grad school, giving mock lectures, finding a ...
12 Huhti 201852min
Research is the Antidote for Hopelessness (03/20/2018)
When transitioning, it helps to look at the bigger picture. THIS WEEK: Impatiently waiting for laser hair removal to yield a fruitfully barren face; facial hair as a barrier to seeing myself as my pre...
28 Maalis 201856min
Diaries of a Cracked Egg (03/01/2018)
Looking back on those first days of accepting my transness. THIS WEEK: Reading Twitter threads from July, August, and September of 2017 about realizing I was transgender, doubting whether I was transg...
14 Maalis 201842min
Beginner's Guide to Laser Hair Removal: How, Why, and When (02/25/2018)
For the wayward soul who just wants to get blasted in the face by high-powered lasers. THIS WEEK: How to talk to professionals; why to get laser treatments; what laser hair removal is and how it works...
27 Helmi 20181h 3min
In Anticipation of Passing or Failing (02/09/2018)
When you're waiting to start, all you can think is what happens next. THIS WEEK: Questions about temporality, the bad sounds of piano, the body hair situation, how tweezers are the gateway drug to epi...
14 Helmi 201835min
