First Person

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Recent First Person posts

The Letter I Wrote To My Mother Asking For A Puppy In Second Grade, Annotated

Trans Radiance: What’s in a Name?

The Rituals of Love in Everyday Life

“Transparent” Changed Me (And TV) Forever

For Your Consideration: Knowing When It’s Over

The None-est of All: My Journey as a Reluctant, Disabled Athlete

How I Claimed Being Thirsty as a Personal Lifestyle and Learned to Live My Dreams

Marching at the End of a Very Long Parade: On Being A Queer Alcoholic

15 Crushes and the Art They Gave to Me

For Your Consideration: Bridges

For Your Consideration: Introduction to Women’s Studies

How My Badass Butch Skyrim Character Saved My Life

You’re Just You: An Accidental Love Letter to Los Angeles

For Your Consideration: Changing Associations After a Breakup

For Your Consideration: This Stupid F*cking Juice

This Year Is Gonna Be a Good One: Birthday Diaries, 2001-2018

For Your Consideration: Chaos Journaling

Reaching Out for My Queer Muslim Community to Hold Me After Christchurch

How to Be a Grown Woman

You Don’t Always Transition Once