The Dump

YAAAAY so if you couldn't guess by everything about me, Halloween is my favorite holiday. I love horror, ghouls, costumes, crafting, um, other things... ALSO this was my first Halloween NOT being long distance with my girlfriend, Mya. We started dating early 2021 and then moved to opposite coasts, so I was QUITE excited to get to do a couple's costume. There was much brainstorming about options, but being quite passionate about rats we landed on a rat king. If you're unfamiliar, rat kings are groups of rats that get their tails tangled together, forming strange little nets of rats. We planned to dress as two rats and then tie our tails together. I got to sketching and planned out a design for rat tails made of thrifted pink t-shirts. We collected the materials, divvied up strips of fabric and got to work. I started by laying out my fabric in length order and reorganizing the sections to make a semi-random pattern. I laid each flat and sewed the sections together, slowly inc...

Here’s a script (in radio-ish format) I wrote up for a book report presentation in my senior film seminar. We were assigned to read a book on psychoanalysis, so I of course chose one on transness. It's a 5 minute read (nice work sticking to the assignment, past Jay). The book was written by a cis woman who works with trans patients, so it was definitely interesting to read as a trans person. I didn't include much of that perspective in my presentation, but had this been a reading group I wouldn't have shut up about it. There's for sure chapters that'd be excellent for trans book club but I'd have to go back and find them, especially because some definitely aren't great for people new to psychoanalysis :P I'm experimenting with including audio in my posts, so I've also included a recording of the script. Enjoy! I did my project on Transgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference by Patricia GHER-o-VEE-chi. It’s a follow up t...