Author Archives: zoe_michelle

Lift Every Voice

I can’t hear you even though you’re not muted Have you tried checking your default input Sometimes a device gets wedged in there. Fix your audio, and then we can get back To discussing all the important things Story points Milestones Roadmaps Deliverables But for now your photo doesn’t have that little green border yourContinue reading “Lift Every Voice”

So… you’re thinking about transfeminine bottom surgery, part 2 — process

So, you’ve gotten through the previous article, and you can probably already see that there is a lot of choice. That choice then gets compounded by just the sheer number of surgeons out there, which I haven’t especially gotten into yet. What goes into the time between “I decide I want to do this” andContinue reading “So… you’re thinking about transfeminine bottom surgery, part 2 — process”

So… you’re thinking about transfeminine bottom surgery, part 1, glossary

I have a full depth penile inversion vaginoplasty on the books for early 2026. A whole lot of my personal energy and attention in 2025 has been devoted to research and logistics around this surgery. It’s been a very long time coming, and will be my last step of transition, beyond just continuing to fuckContinue reading “So… you’re thinking about transfeminine bottom surgery, part 1, glossary”

The rage of the time lost

I’m going to take this space to help with a little bit of processing that I did at this year’s (2025) Critical Northwest regarding my trans identity. It’s a resolution of a fine point of pain and anger that is commonly faced by middle aged transitioners, and while I see this pain point commonly talkedContinue reading “The rage of the time lost”

Monica review

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/monica_2022 . I seriously had to write this after seeing this thing get 80%+ from critics and 90%+ from audiences. So, I had a few hours to myself, and having a few hours to myself, I decided to take the time to consume media that I would otherwise have no chance at all to watchContinue reading “Monica review”

I’m going to say something that gets lost in the shuffle sometimes

So much of the world of trans people is the world of the medical And so much of the medical is a story of actuarial tables regret rates survival rates, risks But transness, really, isn’t a medical thing it’s a question of who I want to be and who I will become So, if youContinue reading “I’m going to say something that gets lost in the shuffle sometimes”

LGBTQIA+ People Are Not Going Back

Per this action from Julia Serano, I am standing up and adding my voice to the collective scream. I think everyone with a heart whatsoever had some feelings on November 5th. I know that I certainly did. But I don’t think it was the shocked wailing that I saw around so much of the internet.Continue reading “LGBTQIA+ People Are Not Going Back”

Harris for President, I guess.

So, election 2024. When I was younger, I took absolute delight in understanding and picking apart politics. Process was this fascinating puzzle. So was figuring out how coalitions came together, how stuff winded through committees, how you could get surprising results, like Old Bush and Tip O’Neil coming together to put the clean air actContinue reading “Harris for President, I guess.”

National Coming out day 2024

So, it’s national coming out day today, and conveniently, the this photo showed up in my Facebook memories. Zoë cooking in her kitchen, 2016 It’s national coming out day. Might as well bask in what to me is the mild cringe of this pre-hormones person as I tell my story. If you’ve been around meContinue reading “National Coming out day 2024”