The struggle for reproductive freedom and the struggle for trans rights are not just interlinked; they’re the same fight. Both are struggles for bodily autonomy. Both are directly opposed to a patriarchy that ascribes roles to people based on how their bodies were born. […]
The dysphoria avalanche of early transition
Right after I realized I was trans and started to do something about it, the dysphoria (temporarily) got much worse. This isn’t uncommon but because I didn’t know that, I thought I’d really fucked up and broken myself. So I’m going to talk about it a little here. […]
Soft
A poem about allowing myself to be myself after realizing I am transmasculine. […]
On transandrophobia and structural oppression
A proposed definition of transandrophobia and an explanation that it is not structural in the way transmisogyny is. […]
Fantasy Racism Can’t Be Solved by Euphemisms
A user on Twitter asked the following question: “In regards to races in TTRPGs, I know that no race is inherently evil but are we okay to have evil cultures? Like instead of marking an Illithid as evil, having ‘Society Structure: Evil’ instead. Just trying to build a better dialogue in the games I design.” The short answer is no. […]
Black Lives Should #Matter to Reporters
I am ashamed to be a part of an industry afraid to speak up against injustice while lauding itself for its brave moral impartiality. We know the truth; we’ve reported it. Neutrality benefits the oppressor. […]
Star Trek: Picard Has a Timely Message
Star Trek: Picard has a different message from Trek’s previous iterations, but it’s a timely one. It’s not so much a story about how Someday in the Beautiful Future we will have everything all figured out. It’s a story about how good people need to do what’s right even when the system fails, even when it’s corrupted and works against them. […]