Their Eyes Were Watching Goddess
“Three years after graduation, in an apple orchard in Sonoma, a friend of mine (who comes from an Italian working class family) says to me “Cherrie, no wonder you felt like such a nut in school. Most...
View ArticleLost in Trans-Lation II: This Time It’s Personal…er
So begins Episode II of the Lost in Trans-Lation saga. I realise this is, in many ways, a terrible title whose badness is compounded by the fact that it’s yet another bad ‘trans’ pun (and don’t worry,...
View ArticleIt’s Time I Said Something
Trigger Warning: Explicit discussion of rape and rape apologism follows. Often is the time that I wish I could update this space every day with thoughts on every topic under the sun, a constant...
View ArticleState of the Corn: Frostbitten Edition
Pictured: Nuclear Winter Unicorn Howdy, everyone! Things have been rather busy of late, class is taking off again and I’m having a grand old time. I’ve gotten out my bullwhip and leather hat since I’m...
View ArticleTrendy as a Tote Bag: Part II
Times are very hard, to be sure, and as I am now working in the fundraising department of a radical transgender rights oriented organisation I’m seeing yet another dimension to the endless Great...
View ArticleEnough
My approach to Cathy Brennan has long mirrored my approach to Ann Coulter; I generally refuse to dignify their deliberate attempts to cruelly incite. Rising to meet their hate, which is deliberately...
View ArticleThe Politics of Small Things
This delectable (one might even say ‘sweet’) work of satire is the work of Heina Dadabhoy (@futilityflies) There is a familiar cadence to the bursts of Twitter mobbing that have become the definitional...
View ArticleState of the ‘Corn: My 2014 in Review
A drawing of me by the wonderful AppleCiderMage of the Justice Points podcast (where I appeared this year for a chat). The background of my hometown was added by one of my partners, Rachel. For regular...
View ArticleNuclear Unicorn: Now on Patreon!
Hey there Nuclear Unicorners, As you’re probably all well aware, the vast bulk of my work has since moved to a variety of other websites and publications. But given that freelancing doesn’t always pay...
View ArticleBad Romance: Dragon Age’s Celene and Briala
From left to right, Grand Duke Gaspard, Ambassador Briala, and Empress Celene. I’ve said it until I’m blue in the face, but writing women characters well in videogames does not mean making them pure...
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