What does it mean for me to be nonbinary? I recently read Kadji Amin’s article “We Are All Nonbinary: A History of Accidents,” published in Representations in 2022. I liked many parts of it. I liked that it brought Judith Butler into conversation with contemporary trans identity, which is something I am also interested in…

When I started this blog, I knew I’d never keep up with it. My whole life I’ve been terrible at forming consistent, disciplined habits. This weakness has made my goal of becoming a professional academic—a job that requires a huge amount of discipline to structure otherwise unstructured and even mystical requirements—a bit silly. Well, I’ll…

When I was in ninth grade, I stole a book from the bookshelf in the room of the LGBT support group I attended. It was a short story collection published in 1994. Its title is Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence. This copy was obviously once in a library; its cover is protected…

In 2011, Lady Gaga made her entrance onto the red carpet of the Grammys…in a giant egg. The egg was carried by various shirtless models on a palanquin. She stayed in the egg up until her performance of her new single, “Born this Way,” off her upcoming eponymous album, which was the first chart-topping pop…