Category: Scottie Study

I’ve spent most of my life being told not to pass judgment based on aesthetics. Theoretically, the ability to look beyond visual impression is considered morally upstanding in American culture. Pick up the old book with the plain linen cover, go to the dive bar, divest from swipe-based dating culture: you never know what you…

When I search “my gender” in my text message history, a deluge of metaphor rains down from my queer friends. A small sampling includes:  “My gender is a tiny frog on a lily pad!!!” “This dress IS my gender.”  “My gender is a fruit bat wearing a little bow on its head.”  Once, I described…