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I want to ask Anna for a map of desirability. Where was I before, where was I pregnant, where am I now?
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Join NOW!I want to ask Anna for a map of desirability. Where was I before, where was I pregnant, where am I now?
...moreWhere my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
...moreIt is an unimaginable gift until you’ve done it, shaving off a self.
...moreI need to hear myself say it out loud to make it real.
...more“He’s slipping from me,” I said, and I knew I was crying about more than this.
...more“Time is really weird and fascinating.”
...moreMeeting that freemartin was a revelation for me: justification for my off-gender mannerisms and body, another creature bridging the space between male and female.
...moreWhat happens to a place when it can no longer define itself by its history, when it tears everything down? What is the rust belt without the plants, the factories? Who is the boy without his sister?
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