January 2012
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As requested by my Twitter followers, here’s...
November 2011
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WatchI composed and recorded a new filk song about classic British children’s television science fiction and the experience of being a queer teenager.
It’s called The Changes: http://quarriesandcorridors.bandcamp.com/track/the-changes
Update: Now updated with a better vocal performance.
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WatchI made this video! Even if you’re not interested in the vocal techniques, you might find it amusing to hear me do silly voices and sing in lots of different styles :)
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Practical Androgyny - Vocal androgyny in speech and singing Recorded for PracticalAndrogyny.com an ambiguous gender presentation resources website. Nat talks about how to develop a more androgynous,...
October 2011
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Being constructive about the Independent on Sunday... →
I wrote this article but, as always, if I post it directly in my personal Tumblr then I can’t reblog it from any of the Tumblrs tied to my account…
practicalandrogyny:
I wrote an article appraising and critiquing this year’s IoS Pink List, suggesting constructive responses and looking at how some of the eleven (binary, transitioned) trans* people included for the first time this...
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TUMBLR MAKES ME NERVOUS: NICHOLAS COURTNEY: ME AND... →
From a 2003 Benjamin Cook interview, it’s Nicholas Courtney’s oft repeated and much loved ‘everyone was wearing eyepatches’ anecdote:
tumblrmakesmenervous:
Has anything amusing ever happened to you in connection with an eye-patch? “No, no, no – look, I can’t tell that anecdote again. I’ve told it so many times before. [Buries head in hands] It’s not funny anymore. [Heavy...
September 2011
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UK Government Transgender Employment, Identity and... →
I wrote this…
practicalandrogyny:
Today is the last day for responses to the UK Government’s 3rd survey of transgender people (which explicitly includes ‘androgynous’, ‘non-gender’ and ‘genderqueer’ options in the demographics section). This survey follows up on responses from the first two surveys by focusing on issues of employment, identity and privacy. If you’re in the UK and identify...
August 2011
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“I wanted to put a reference to masturbation in one of the scripts for the...”
– Neil Gaiman (via mollymillions)
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Representing People in Doctor Who → →
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Amy on Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat and representation in Doctor Who:
In a nutshell, the current psychological and political theories go like this. We live in societies that perpetuate various harmful stereotypes about marginalised groups. Owing to the amount of exposure we receive from the media, politics, education and everyday conversation, we internalise a lot of these...
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July 2011
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Improving 'trans*' for grammatical pedants
From now on, whenever I write ‘trans*’ I’ll add the following disclaimer at the bottom of the page:
* The asterisk at the end of ‘trans*’ denotes that this is the wider inclusive form of trans that includes all transgender, genderqueer, gender variant and gender non-conforming people regardless of gender identity or expression.
Perhaps this will appease the sticklers for good...
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June 2011
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My relationship with activism →
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From my personal blog:
So I’ve recently been focusing on finding the right type of activism. I’m back on focusing on visibility. I might have been a poor poster child for asexuality but for non-binary gender, a visibly androgynous person who refuses to make concessions to the binary, while getting on with their life without apology, that’s a pretty good...
How To Sing (advice for trans guys)
This is my amazing singing teacher CN, who’s helping me develop greater control of my singing voice to produce a more androgynous tone. I can highly recommend them for everyone! :)
teazug:
Okay everyone (but especially guys), the fabulous CN Lester is doing a series of videos on singing, especially for trans men, on or off T…
Massive recommendation coming from me… Please share this...
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“Critics who treat ‘adult’ as a term of approval, instead of as a...”
– C.S. Lewis
(Oh course now days ‘adult’ has taken on entirely different euphemistic connotations, but the meaning still stands)
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touch fuzzy, get dizzy: Let's Kill Hitler - My... →
hamishmash:
Still at Demon’s Run, River, Amy and Rory are all “Awesome but where’s the Doctor?”
They don’t know. They honestly don’t but they need him.
Rory’s all “When the Doctor needed US he sent us messages through time… kept popping up throughout history in order to tell us.”
Amy’s all “Well that’s it, we’ll just go somewhere and do something in order to catch the Doctor’s attention....
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