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This post is partly a lovefest for Jill, but mostly it’s a challenge. Last month, when I was visting Jill, I apologized to our groups of friends for holding us up because I had to go to the bathroom. But before I left Jill stopped me and…

I'm probably going to catch hell for this, but I have to get this off my chest. I've struggled with this for about the past 24 hours.

A friend of mine came up with a theory why I manifest as Julie Anne, citing that I was created as a means to give…

I sometimes hope to get read. But not read the way you usually hear. I hope someone eventually catches on to me. How? I wish people would possibly notice that some of us pass for cisgendered people of our assinged at birth sex, maybe notice this and…

I really dislike the terms "real woman" and "real man".

Mostly I've heard shit about what makes a woman a REAL woman and it's been getting on my nerves. Saying things like "Real women have curves!" seems alright on the surface. It sounds like…

Unless we know each other very well, if you've met me, you've probably met me in costume. Considering that costume is one of the technologies through which I like both to interact with and to examine the world, this isn't really surprising. If…

Am I not cis-gendered? This is very weird for me to own up to. I… do? identify as genderqueer? Usually I just like to go with “queer” and have that count for everything. “I am not cis-gendered,” seems weird because I identity with women;…

I really wonder about the way we view bodies and bodily functions sometimes. It's like, we're trying so hard to pretend that we aren't animals that we have demonized everything about our animal bodies. Bodies are evil and the things that come out of…

I often complain of the reactions of the general public in dealing with me. After all, it gets old, and ignoring it does not make it any better, it just means that you only notice it when it is thrust in your face to the level that you cannot ignore…

Ex/Rotic - BITSFestival from Tiara The Merch Girl on Vimeo. The piece mainly deals with people's perceptions about me and my burlesque work mainly because I am an ethnic minority. I go through the stereotypes of Damsel in Distress, Exotic…

So yesterday I was "working" (reading blogs) and I came across Hack Gender - awesome sauce :3 I immediately wanted to toss some fuel on this fire. Here's what 24 hours, one and half "work" days, and last weekend's train ride into Nags with my dear…