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Castles in the Air
I've got a dream I want the world to share
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Interview Series: On Sucralose for Hummingbirds with Corinna Cohn
In this instance of my newly-minted interview series, I spoke with Corinna Cohn, a self-described “transsexual” who travels the country to support…
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Gender Trouble: The Introduction
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The Abandonment of Embodiment
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The Convenient Weakness in Standpoint Theory
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Transgender “Purging” and Sex Addiction
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Queer Aggression Reaps What It Sows
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What is Postmodernism?
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A Want Ad for God
My friend's twelve-step sponsor says her higher power can be anything she wants it to be. Not satisfied with the available Gods? Write a want ad for the…
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Ode to September
An exercise in paying attention
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Who Has Gender Dysphoria?
It's not just that skinny gay boy
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Postmodernism and Deception
And that weird color-shifting dress
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Lazy Thinking and Harm
A friend of mine used to wear a t-shirt that said: “Start a Revolution.” It annoyed me, but for the longest time, I couldn't figure out exactly why. As…
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The Perils of Maturation
I caught a cicada in the midst of molting yesterday. I'd seen a freshy molted one a few years ago, all pink and squishy and vulnerable, but this was the…
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Speaking the Ineffable
Speaking the Ineffable
A trans widow contemplates radical honesty, the crisis of modernity, and finding the sacred in the mundane.
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