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Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Oct 10, 2018

On Avoiding Avoiding Writing, and How to Show-Not-Tell

I have a pile of assignments, but apparently I really don’t want to write today. My mind shies away from the task, alighting upon anything that isn’t writing. If I’m honest, this is pretty much any given day. I have a way to get past this: I write something else…

Writing

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On Avoiding Avoiding Writing, and How to Show-Not-Tell
On Avoiding Avoiding Writing, and How to Show-Not-Tell

Published in Athena Talks

·Sep 30, 2018

CW: My feelings around a certain US Senate confirmation hearing and trauma going back 51 years

Saturday 29 September 2018, Cairo After the past couple days, the word that I think best describes how I feel is ‘gutted’. Quite enough has already been said and it is banally redundant for me to add these words to the tsunami of anguish and rage spilling from millions of…

USA

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CW: My feelings around a certain US Senate confirmation hearing and trauma going back 51 years
CW: My feelings around a certain US Senate confirmation hearing and trauma going back 51 years

Published in P.S. I Love You

·May 14, 2018

Mother’s Day 2018

I am not a huge fan of the modern holiday; I find the overemphasis on the commercial and the knee-jerk obligation off-putting. There feels to be little that is holy or honourable or intrinsically meaningful in them. As a recently constructed and highly commercialised holiday, Mother’s Day would seem to…

Motherhood

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Mother's Day 2018
Mother's Day 2018

Published in P.S. I Love You

·May 13, 2018

Hey Lesbians: Hallmark (Think They) Have You Covered for Mother’s Day!

Failing to cash-in, Hallmark inclusivity-flops. Searching for a Mother’s Day card for her wife, a lesbian friend complained that she was unable to find a single card that didn’t say something like ‘from your loving husband’ or have a picture of a besotted dude on it. Out of curiosity I…

LGBTQ

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Hey Lesbians: Hallmark (Think They) Have You Covered for Mother’s Day!
Hey Lesbians: Hallmark (Think They) Have You Covered for Mother’s Day!

Mar 19, 2018

Languages in Gender Transition: English, French, Spanish, and Arabic

I remember the kerfuffle in the 1970s, as Second Wave feminism was introducing Ms to replace Mrs/Miss and was starting to dismantle the generic ‘he’ and ‘man’. Oh, the outrage. But that shift in the English language turns out to have been relatively straight forward. We face bigger challenges. You…

Transgender

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Languages in Gender Transition: English, French, Spanish, and Arabic
Languages in Gender Transition: English, French, Spanish, and Arabic

Published in Athena Talks

·Feb 20, 2018

UK Media Working Hard to Crush Trans People

‘…although visibility has increased and more trans people are able to come out and live relatively ordinary lives, at the same time we are being targeted more than ever.’ — Owl Fisher [link below] There has been a poisonous anti-trans media shit-storm in the UK in recent months, triggered by…

Transgender

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UK Media Working Hard to Crush Trans People
UK Media Working Hard to Crush Trans People

Feb 8, 2018

Ask Me Anything: ‘Is sex reassignment surgery on a low budget possible?’

Short answer: Yes, but you may get what you pay for. Risks may be higher, both in terms of risk to life and results. That said, I know women who are satisfied with results achieved on a budget. And I know women who ‘paid full price’ in the West and…

Transgender

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Ask Me Anything: ‘Is sex reassignment surgery on a low budget possible?’
Ask Me Anything: ‘Is sex reassignment surgery on a low budget possible?’

Published in The Bold Italic

·Dec 14, 2017

The Woman I Left in San Francisco

On love and gender dysphoria — “What the fuck happened to you?” Cara’s raised voice and sharp language added to my anxiety — no, fear. She stood in front of the table, her fists clenched. I could feel the couple at the next table staring, but I didn’t care, not in the face of Cara’s fury. …

Transgender

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The Woman I Left in San Francisco
The Woman I Left in San Francisco

Dec 12, 2017

Pass Fail: The hell of not being seen as your gender

The following is a response to The Man in the Mirror, an essay by Amanda Roman, in which she describes the anguish of moving through a world that does not recognise her gender, and the devastation that causes within the self. It broke my heart. For transgender people, the desire…

Transgender

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Pass Fail: The hell of not being seen as your gender
Pass Fail: The hell of not being seen as your gender

Dec 4, 2017

The Alice & Mia show has launched!

Wow, what a push it’s been these past couple weeks! >whew< The debut episode of the Alice & Mia show is now available on Soundcloud, YouTube, and through the show’s website. It will also be distributed through iTunes, just as soon as I can wade through their labyrinth. Follow the…

Podcast

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The Alice & Mia show has launched!
The Alice & Mia show has launched!
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