So, the Samaritans didn't accept me, which is not really surprising after everything. I have to admit, I feel happy and relieved not to be going forwards with it, even as I feel pretty angry about how I was treated. But, I can't really do anything about it, so time to move on ( Read more... )

I have a lot of free time at the moment until I can find another job. One of the things that's been very clear is that, with the rebalancing of my personality with the hormones, and with all of the experiences I've had thanks to being trans, my academic interests have shifted a bit. What that means is I need to study. So, I've picked two ( Read more... )

When I was reading the Joseph Stiglitz book, "Globalisation and its Discontents", there was a particular assertion the author made that, at the time of reading it, seemed trivially true that I didn't stop to think about it. Yet it's been coming back to me and I keep dwelling on it and, actually, I realise that it is quite profound and changed the ( Read more... )