“Is the Happy Meal for a boy or a girl?” I had no idea that McDonald’s Happy Meals were gendered, but then I’ve never ordered one before this week. I’ve been suffering from a nasty bronchial thing, which I thought was improving but which then circled back on me. I still had to run some [...]
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McDonald’s Happy Meals and Asking the Right Question
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged family, femininity, gender expectations, gender identity, gender roles, masculinity on March 29, 2012 | 27 Comments »
Ask Matt: What are ‘Womanly’ Behaviors for a Trans Man?
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged femininity, gender expectations, gender expression, masculinity, trans men on March 8, 2012 | 13 Comments »
A reader writes: “A comment on your most recent blog post about the transphobic bisexual woman got me (re)thinking about a timeless issue. “What does it mean (for a trans man) to act womanly or female-behaving? How does one know if they are effeminate or womanly? Is it the processing of emotions that female-assigned people [...]
Book Excerpt: There She Is
Posted in Teeny Weenies Excerpts, tagged bodies, family, femininity, gender roles on December 26, 2011 | 18 Comments »
I am taking the holidays off as much as possible, so instead of a regular blog post, today I bring you an excerpt from my upcoming (ETA March 2012) book, Teeny Weenies and Other Short Subjects. One comment that I got frequently from readers of Just Add Hormones was that it didn’t address my childhood [...]
‘Mom, I Just Can’t Take the Crying’
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged femininity, gender expression, gender roles, hormones, masculinity, testosterone, trans men, transition on December 1, 2011 | 20 Comments »
When my nephew was about four or five, his best friend was a little girl of the same age. My sister and the girl’s mother were friends, so the two kids grew up together. My nephew was and is a sensitive child in many ways. He has always shared his toys, stopped to help other [...]
Ask Matt: Coming Home to One’s True Nature
Posted in Ask Matt, Observations, tagged femininity, gender identity, masculinity, transition, transsexual on September 22, 2011 | 53 Comments »
A reader writes: “How does one who generally has presented as femme find their male identity? How does one ‘come home’ to their true nature? I – and everyone else I know – have always presented as masculine or butch, so we always saw our maleness for the most part.” This is a tough question, [...]
Ask Matt Monday: To Smile or Not To Smile
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, Observations, tagged femininity, gender expectations, gender expression, gender roles, masculinity, restrooms on May 9, 2011 | 22 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m in the very early stages of female-to-male transition and wonder if smiling should be among the mannerisms I’m trying to change. I know that many men smile. For me smiling didn’t come naturally, however, and because of certain circumstances, I associate it with femininity and internalized transphobia. “When I was a [...]
A ‘Gender-Free World’ Might Default to Male
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged femininity, gender, gender identity, identity, masculinity on March 31, 2011 | 37 Comments »
In response to Monday’s post about the need to transition in a gender-free world, some readers questioned what such a world might look like and whether or not it could actually exist. I personally have no idea, but that has never stopped me from writing about something before. My theory, which was always kind of [...]
Capitalism Plus Gender: The Inadequacy Equation
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged femininity, gender, gender expectations, gender roles, masculinity on February 17, 2011 | 32 Comments »
I’m not an economist, and I’m not much of a capitalist, either (both of which will likely be apparent in this post). But I believe that capitalism and gender are inextricably intertwined, and that maintaining a binary gender system, along with specified expectations for each gender, is central to a capitalist economy. In a capitalist [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Is This Enough Reason to Want to Transition?
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged being trans, bodies, femininity, gender expectations, gender expression, gender roles, masculinity, transition on January 31, 2011 | 29 Comments »
A reader writes: “I want to transition, but I’m not even sure why I want it so bad. It seems to me that there’s two sides to gender dysphoria, the physical and the social. “Physically, if I transition, I’ll be a short man with chest scars and, let’s face it – a dick too small [...]
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Jenna Talackova and the Myth of Trans Dishonesty
Posted in Commentary, News, Observations, tagged bodies, discrimination, femininity, trans women, transphobia on April 2, 2012 | 38 Comments »
By now, everyone is probably aware that the Miss Universe Canada pageant organizers have disqualified contestant Jenna Talackova from the pageant. The reason they have given publicly is that she was “dishonest” on her application – but trans people know the real reason. Apparently, pageant rules state that a person must be a “naturally born [...]
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