As someone with a Ph.D., I’ve been accused of making even the simple complicated. I make critical assessments of the virtues of Puffy vs. Crunchy Cheetos. The latter is superior…
Bethany Grace Howe
Bethany Grace Howe is a transgender woman, who upon completing her transition as a doctoral student now finds herself up to her ears in debt, misogyny, and people who think she’s pushy for daring to use the prefix “Dr.” before her name. A freelance writer, she actively embraces the desire to “lance” transphobia, ignorance, and those have no ability to escape their own cisnormativity and adherence to gender stereotypes. (She is less committed to the “free” part of her writing career, though that, too, seems fairly active in her life.) In her free time, she’s intentionally raising her daughter to be a social justice warrior who thinks calling her daddy “she” is perfectly normal, even when in a public restroom in Mississippi.
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If you had suggested even two weeks ago that there would be something to be written about dating in the midst of a global pandemic, I would have considered that…
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I have mixed feelings about gaps. The gap edging the Kaibab Plateau – a.k.a the Grand Canyon – is stunning, The Gap at the mall is not. Samuel L. Jackson…
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As you may or may not be aware, today, March 6 is National Dress Day. That dresses need a special day, I think, says something about their societal evolution and…
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Mardi Gras is upon us. At least I think it is. The date changes every year, occurring 47 days before Easter – which also changes date every year. It’s like…
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As a transgender woman who has spent a lot of time and money getting things put in my breasts, it seems quite incongruous that something extra should have arrived there…
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My transition has never been a normal one – whatever “normal” in this context means. I suppose that starts with the title of this article. Most transgender people don’t really…
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If I were to make a list of all the things I hated as an adolescent, I don’t think my body would have been among them. I hated Joel Rossing…
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The arrival of Father’s Day is imminent. As a transgender woman with a daughter, I’m preparing for our newest tradition on this very special day by answering questions like: “Hey,…
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It’s never been surprising to me that there’s a “Pink Tax.” We’re in a world that loves to gender – and often misgender – everything. Who can forget Bic’s classic…
