vivVoice work will be interesting.My aim is a gradual transition. One of my main goals is to be able to sound feminine enough on the phone (i.e. without visual cues) that I…May 30, 20222May 30, 20222
vivIt needn’t be a “versus”.So much in education is framed as public vs private. I very much believe in the value and necessity of public education and sent my kids…May 30, 2022May 30, 2022
vivWhile I'm on this topic though, do any of you other transwomen go up and down stairs with a little…May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
vivDisloyal!It’s graduation time. For a high school teacher like me, it’s kind of a bittersweet time as I watch these wonderful young women finish…May 23, 2022May 23, 2022
vivDiscomfiting realizationI just realized that one of the ways that I cope with gender dysphoria has been semi-voluntarily removed from my life for about a year now…May 22, 20222May 22, 20222
vivPeople-watching as therapyI was recently at a conference for work — it was in a large East Coast city, and had participants from all over the country. I have…May 16, 20221May 16, 20221
vivMy own preconceptions are annoying me.Here’s the weird thing. As someone who is romantically and sexually attracted to women, I appreciate the beauty and attractiveness of…May 6, 2022May 6, 2022
vivRemember when…Remember when your parents made you practice? And then when you actually got good and wanted to go into music and they said that wasn’t a…Apr 25, 2022Apr 25, 2022
vivWhere is the line?A lot of us transwomen half-jokingly weep, or half-weepingly joke that every portrayal of us in mass-market media must contain a “doing up…Apr 23, 2022Apr 23, 2022