Gender Archive

  • Growing up

    Growing up

    I was chatting with a friend yesterday. Previously, as in a year or two ago, we had discussed self esteem, and how I felt it didn’t apply to me. I didn’t feel I had self esteem. Low or high. It just wasn’t there. As I’ve continued my transition, I’ve noticed I do have a self [...]

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  • The Path Behind Me

    The Path Behind Me

    it’s really long, and it tends to ramble… apologies up front. Warning. Life Content Below! I was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia in 1983 through a caesarian. Relevant? Maybe not It was a few months following the then worst bushfires in Victoria. I, of course, remember nothing of that period, nor of the following years. [...]

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  • Is this offensive?

    Is this offensive?

    Below is a photo I took of an advertisement for Transperth’s SmartRider card system. It’s one in a series of ads pertaining to the upheavel of piggy bank society caused by everyone’s usage of the SmartRider system, and thereby having no change to put into Piggy Banks. They’re generally humourous, but the one below struck [...]

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  • On Being Different – Part 2

    On Being Different – Part 2

    The last post on this topic ended at puberty, but I’m going to take a little side track into the realm of self esteem… It’s my birthday soon. (June 27). I find it somewhat interesting that I’m still excited about it, and I’m 24 (25 soon), compared to those around me it seems a bit [...]

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  • Previously…

    Previously…

    ZOMG! Rescue Raiders “Rescue Raiders”, it was a game on the Apple IIe back in 1984 (one year before my birth), it was also my first taste of real time tactical strategy. When I used to visit my auntie, I’d beat my sisters to her Apple IIe, having my choice of the games she had [...]

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