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Jun 28, 2020

White Ego Is a Powerful Thing

On the fallacy of thinking we’ve exorcised our racist demons First I want to clarify this essay is written for fellow white people, particularly white people who consider themselves to “not be racist”. My thesis: white people think explicitly racist thoughts all the time. Elaboration: white people who consider themselves…

Racism

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White Ego Is a Powerful Thing
White Ego Is a Powerful Thing

Jan 8, 2020

Embracing the Paradox of Masculine and Feminine Energy

My nonbinary identity has led me down the twisting path of gender I find myself thinking a lot about the balance of energies within myself, those that are constituted by what could be called the masculine and the feminine. As a nonbinary person, what does it mean to find balance…

Transgender

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Embracing the Paradox of Masculine and Feminine Energy
Embracing the Paradox of Masculine and Feminine Energy

Jan 6, 2020

Is Passing a Toxic Concept?

Working past cis normativity in a cis-centric world What does it mean to “pass” as a trans person? Typically, it means to blend in the cis world, for nobody to be able to tell you are trans. For this reason, some people call it instead “cis-passing” to be more specific…

Transgender

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Is Passing a Toxic Concept?
Is Passing a Toxic Concept?

Nov 15, 2019

Advice for Baby Trans

A few words of advice for those just getting started Passing isn’t the key to happiness So this might be controversial but if your only goal in life is to pass then you are not guaranteed happiness when you achieve it. There are other things that are just as important: friendship, relationships, mental health, economic security…

Transgender

4 min read

Advice for Baby Trans
Advice for Baby Trans

Published in The Startup

·Nov 12, 2019

It’s OK to Not Know Yourself

When it comes to gender, a little agnosticism isn’t a bad thing The typical narrative surrounding gender involves gnosticism, the idea that we all know our gender, or that we should know our gender. That we have justified true beliefs about who we are. Decades ago, psychologists started thinking about…

Transgender

3 min read

It’s OK to Not Know Yourself
It’s OK to Not Know Yourself

Published in Better Marketing

·Nov 6, 2019

The Difference Between Fandom and Being a Nerd

Turns out you can have one without the other and vice versa — I’ve always considered myself pretty nerdy. Except that my nerdiness wasn’t usually expressed in the typical medium of being obsessed with particular fandoms like Harry Potter, Marvel, and Star Trek. Instead, I was a nerd about philosophy, science, psychology, etc. That’s what I got really obsessed about. But lately I’ve…

Star Wars

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The Difference Between Fandom and Being a Nerd
The Difference Between Fandom and Being a Nerd

Oct 30, 2019

Rejecting the Misery Narrative for Trans Folks

Trauma porn and the cis media machine We’ve all seen it. The cis media loves to digest the trauma of trans people. It’s why you will see articles like “My New Vagina Won’t Make Me Happy” in the New York Times but not “My New Vagina Is Awesome.” …

Transgender

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Rejecting the Misery Narrative for Trans Folks
Rejecting the Misery Narrative for Trans Folks

Oct 29, 2019

Females, by Andrea Long Chu: A Review

“Everyone is female and everyone hates it” Chu declares ethics to be “a commitment to a bit,” which tells you everything you need to know about her vision of feminism in this book. There is no real ethical seriousness. No fundamental ameliorative vision. …

Transgender

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Females, by Andrea Long Chu: A Review
Females, by Andrea Long Chu: A Review

Oct 29, 2019

Trans People Can Be Transphobic Too

The Case of Blaire White This might sound petty, but I recently retweeted infamous trans Youtuber Blaire White and called her a fascist transphobe. She replied to me and her 200k+ followers descended upon me quickly. The most popular type of comment was: “How can she be transphobic if she’s…

Transgender

3 min read

Trans People Can Be Transphobic Too
Trans People Can Be Transphobic Too

Oct 28, 2019

Why I Chose to Be Trans

I wasn’t born this way and it does not matter In my book Transgressive I talk about the difference between trans people who are acorns vs trans people who are butterflies. The genetic material for a tree is contained entirely in the acorn and it slowly grows from inception into…

Transgender

5 min read

Why I Chose to Be Trans
Why I Chose to Be Trans
Rachel Anne Williams

Rachel Anne Williams

Author & writer, ex-academic philosopher. Author of Transgressive. https://orderoftarot.com

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