Essays
In Translation
Can reading translated works make me a better writer in my own native tongue?
A Love Story
Can true love conquer all — even if one of the parties involved is trans?
Sympathy for ‘the Monster’
A self-made, trans woman reflects on Mary Shelley's man-made monster.
Liar, Liar, pants on fire!
When writing memoir, where and how do we draw the line between nonfiction and fiction?
Breakfast with Gloria
You can learn a lot about a person from the foods they eat.
Flaccid Venus
In 1865, Édouard Manet’s Olympia scandalized audiences: not for its nudity, but for Olympia herself.
The Death of He
No matter how death arrives—immediate or lingering, anticipated or unexpected—are we ever prepared?