Making Transgender Normal Since 2022
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Who knew dinging could be so productive? — Behold another installment of your heroine’s troubled, yet amusing, path. When I wrote the first of these updates on my life and transition, I did so…
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The work of Week 1 centered on affirmation – in several aspects:
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Carl Jung liked transgender before it was cool. — I am currently working through Week One of the Artist’s Way course from Julia…
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I write poetry about once every two years. Sometimes a word, a phrase, will tumble out of my pen and connect with others, but it isn’t frequent. So when Rae Lynn Sommers tagged me in a challenge to write poetry…
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Who do you love? Probably not strangers. — Ask anybody — would you like to be happy? With the exception of one chemistry professor I knew (who was rumored to have said she “didn’t really like to have fun”), the…
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Last week, I commented on the tools Julia Cameron uses as part of her Artist’s Way course to build creativity. A couple of you told me privately you’d purchased the book and were planning to live the course along with me. To the rest of you, I invite you to join in and comment how the course is helping (or hindering) you in your lives!
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In a maelstrom of normal, the eye of oddity is queerly quiet — In the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Flower Drum Song” lies a campy little ditty entitled “I Enjoy Being a Girl.” Laying aside the questionable…
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Are you the kind of person who likes to talk about yourself? Would you be willing to do that with me?
As part of my Substack podcast (and go check out my Substack Publication Amethysta Dings when you have a moment), I intend to explore identity through a set of interviews. This is where you come in.
Victims — er…I mean volunteers — don’t need to be transgender, although I would like to focus on the LGBTQ community, as we tend to have the most conflict with society about our identities. That said, I welcome any fascinating story as I play with the format and content.
The kind of questions I want you to answer are:
Who are you?
Why are you?
How would you describe yourself?
Why are those words important?
What would you change about yourself?
How did you become the person you are?
I will limit the podcast to 30 minutes for now. Obviously, depending on content, that might grow longer or shorter. I will not, however, ask for a major time commitment.
I will record using Zoom, but a camera will not be necessary. I do not intend to publish video. A link to the final show will be sent prior to publication for approval. If there are any further stipulations, let’s talk about them!
Otherwise, please email me at asherrick@amethysta.io or use my Contact Page to reach out. I look forward to talking to YOU!
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All the things the dead cannot say directly — I turned 53 years old recently. The event was met with few accolades — at least from me. I…
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Making Self-Care Normal Since…well, never…but maybe I should I start! — Although I came to adulthood in the 1980s, I grew up as a child in the 1970s, with all its attendant oddities and idiosyncrasies. As a…
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