lj, i am feeling very tired.

i cut off my beard and took out my lip rings.

i haven't sat and explained it to anyone, online, via text or in person. because it makes me feel sick.

everytime i think about or look at photos from not very long ago


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and so what if a girl gets a crew cut and lets her chin hair grow? who's to say that's not what she needs to do to survive in the world with some pride and integrity?
-- kate bornstein, in hello, cruel world: 101 alternatives to suicide for teens, freaks, and other outlawsi am writing a paper on this awesome book, friends, and reading it is pretty ( Read more... )

Lavendar Grad (reception for lgbtq graduates and allies. free rainbow tassels!) and Gender and Womyn's Studies graduation ceremony (for my actual major; the one my family is coming to) are fast approaching. it's odd because i'm not actually graduating yet - i have summer classes and will be taking classes in the fall - but it all feels so final. ( Read more... )

( it's 6am and i'm awake. )

this morning, my sister brought me breakfast in bed on couch ( Read more... )

hi, so.

i just read this fic and i just. need to post about it. it is genderqueer fic and just.

( i will try to be coherent here. )

( wherein i'm far too sensitive and possibly a bit dramatic )

feeling a bit like i'm losing myself.

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despite the shitfest i've been writing about in my past couple entries, i've had a good week. =)

basically, the vagina monologues were fucking amazing. there are a lot of problems that i have (both with the berkeley production and with VDAY in general), but it does such important work, and i just had to remind myself of that. there are people out ( Read more... )