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Trans Literary Memoir & Cultural Critique
Unearthing truth at the intersection of identity, trauma, and power.
Hands Inside the River
A reflection on what it means to mother, to grieve, to fish, and to feel death not as absence but as sacred presence. I never thought motherhood would find me. Not in the way people imagine with cribs and lullabies and baby showers. But it showed up in my body and in the way I…
Glitter Don’t Make You Good
you liked my grief like it fed your moodheartin’ my wounds like they tasted goodscrollin’ for depth you never earnedyou spoke of healing, then watched it burn you call me “buddy” like I’m some jokesoft voice sharp tone wrapped in smokesayin’ “trans” like it’s glittered goldbut you only want shine not the weight it holds…
“What is Social Construction?”
In “What is Social Construction?” Paul A. Boghossian breaks down what it really means when we say something is “socially constructed,” and pushes back on the way that idea has sometimes been stretched too far. At its root, calling something socially constructed means it exists because of human decisions, values, and systems, it didn’t have…
- Hands Inside the RiverA reflection on what it means to mother, to grieve, to fish, and to feel death not as absence but as sacred presence. I never thought motherhood would find me. Not in the way people imagine with cribs and lullabies and baby showers. But it showed up in my body and in the way I… Read more: Hands Inside the River
- Glitter Don’t Make You Goodyou liked my grief like it fed your moodheartin’ my wounds like they tasted goodscrollin’ for depth you never earnedyou spoke of healing, then watched it burn you call me “buddy” like I’m some jokesoft voice sharp tone wrapped in smokesayin’ “trans” like it’s glittered goldbut you only want shine not the weight it holds… Read more: Glitter Don’t Make You Good
- “What is Social Construction?”In “What is Social Construction?” Paul A. Boghossian breaks down what it really means when we say something is “socially constructed,” and pushes back on the way that idea has sometimes been stretched too far. At its root, calling something socially constructed means it exists because of human decisions, values, and systems, it didn’t have… Read more: “What is Social Construction?”
- The Cicadas Kept ScreamingThe kitchen smelled like Kent Golden Lights and citrus, thick and stale, clinging to the yellowed curtains like it had lived there longer than we had. The air was heavy with the bite of vodka, not yet burned off by the heat creeping in through the back door. My mother sat at the table, one… Read more: The Cicadas Kept Screaming
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