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Just a quick hit

But this is bananas. If this isn’t shut down pretty hard, I don’t see how this ends without Guliani and Trump throwing each other under the bus.

On bringing something to the table.

It’s a common thing to say that “being on stage is a privilege,” meaning that if you’re going to get on a stage and demand the attention of people, then it’s incumbent on you to have something to say. And the amount of effort that your ask of your audience should be proportional to whatContinue reading “On bringing something to the table.”

Travelling

Spent Sunday-Tuesday in DC on a work trip. When I’m travelling alone, I always dress down into that vague “masc but pretty fond of pink” androgynous look, if for nothing but to avoid TSA-related groping Anyway, it’s been a while since I’ve had that sort of “you’re not from around these parts” staring on theContinue reading “Travelling”

Quiet

So, it’s been a little less than a week before I quit posting on social media. It’s been a bit of an experience, really. I’ve had to learn (relearn?) some emotional regulation for myself. I had a few moments this week where I ran into some coding problems and I didn’t have the immediate ventContinue reading “Quiet”

On transformation

So, the last few years have certainly been a damned rollercoaster for me. I’ve embraced the “genderqueer” title for a long time, certainly, but it’s only been recently that I’ve gone to presenting femme full-time. I realized that I had an alcohol problem that was pretty much incompatible with “keeping it under control”, and so,Continue reading “On transformation”

Crisis mode

Housekeeping — I’m getting my writing sea-legs back under me. This is not as well-researched or expressed as what I’m used to expecting from myself, so please bear with me. So, one thing that has been bothering me, a lot, in our 21st century fiasco, is how every single election, lately, has resulted in anContinue reading “Crisis mode”

Hello

So… why does this place exist? It’s here because I need a little bit of a quiet place to think. As I find social media getting 4channier and louder and more aggressive, I find myself getting dumber and angrier and less and less able to say why I am feeling a thing, rather than theContinue reading “Hello”