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The Matrix Resurrections analysis: More trans than ever, this bold and messy dysphoric nightmare will thrill and unnerve (part 2)
< Continued from Part 1. Assigned roles and binaries fracture easily and often. These conversations and moments of dysphoric self-recognition…
The Matrix Resurrections analysis: More trans than ever, this bold and messy dysphoric nightmare will thrill and unnerve (part 1)
Spoilers/prerequisites: All of The Matrix Resurrections. Previously: The Matrix is about transgender depersonalization, a dissociative “feeling of unreality” that can…
The Matrix is about transgender depersonalization, a dissociative “feeling of unreality” that can be treated by transitioning
An unofficial transgender depersonalization companion guide to The Matrix. Hi, I’m Zinnia. I’ll be your operator. Warning: Exposure to information…
Zinnia’s notes on college: The queer campus is all right
Previously: Zinnia goes to college, gets more knowledge (June 2019) Zinnia’s continued college adventures: summer 2019 (August 2019) Notes on…
Trans Broken Brain Syndrome: When “subjective cognitive decline” becomes a subjective attack on trans healthcare
By Heather McNamara Have you ever looked at an object and forgotten what it was called? Maybe you’ve been in…
Zinnia’s college adventures, year 3: A Florida public university is forcing us into conditions of unchecked pandemic exposure
Previously: Zinnia goes to college, gets more knowledge (June 2019) Zinnia’s continued college adventures: summer 2019 (August 2019) Notes on…
Twice in a million: Heather McNamara on surviving two rare CVST strokes
By Heather McNamara The first intelligible words I remember speaking when I woke up were “I wish I hadn’t…” My…
AstraZeneca or not, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a complex and potentially fatal emergency. Is the world prepared?
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. The COVID-19 pandemic and investigations into the…
The Gender Analysis word of the year is: resentment
When I think about the concept of resentment, I primarily think about it in the context of relationships: causes for…
2020’s hard lessons in public health pessimism
I was wrong. For the better part of a decade, my approach to communicating transgender medicine and science to the…