WHAT DOES PRETTY PRIVILEGE MEAN AS A TRANS WOMAN? I never thought that I would summon the courage to write this. But lately, the burden of this world has weighed heavily on my slender shoulders. People who do not know me are quick to criticize me only because I am…

I have followed the stories of a lot of detransitioners recently because, as a transgender woman who is politically centrist, I love hearing from both extremes of the spectrum. However, with all these stories, there is a common theme. There is hyper-euphoria at the beginning of transitioning or just before…

Styling as a transgender woman is intricate because our safety comes directly from how well we pass. A Quora conversation motivated me to write this. Similar questions I saw were: What are the best-starting clothes to get for a MtF? What is considered proper attire for a transgender woman? What…

In a 2018 survey, the estimated cost of depression for 2018 alone was 236 billion dollars. Please think about that number for a minute. Annually, a depressed person costs the United States $10,836. Using a sixty-year average life span, for instance, a depressed person costs the United States at least…

Not every transgender person has to change cities when they begin transitioning. However, for safety reasons, changing cities is always something to consider. Here is my story. I began transitioning many moons and years back. Back in the day, I was that high model skinny 120lb, 5ft8 trans woman in…

In this world of political correctness, we forget that assimilation is easier than asking society to “accept you.” To begin I am not stating that you have to assimilate. That choice lies in your hands only. But here is my story and what prompted this article. I sat down one…

This is not a piece lauding unhealthy eating or obesity because obesity could predispose people to health-related complications. However, this is a piece with nuance. As someone who works in healthcare, I understand that some causes of obesity are out of the control of the victims. Women who have PCOS…

Many decades ago, people marched against racial integration. People marched to keep schools, neighborhoods, and places segregated. Please think about that for a second. Imagine how absurd that would be in today’s world. However, at that time, it was common practice. Yet those laws did not stop white men from…

On the 19th of November 2022, my plane touched down at LAX airport in Los Angeles. Every time I think of Los Angeles, I think of summer wild fires, vain people, shallow desires, the need to measure up and compare, external glamor masking internal pain, and every other thing undesirable…