PinnedAstra*Transgender Eugenics, State-Mandated Murder, and Genocide?Vaush, a reasonably prominent left-tuber, recently covered the David Pakman’s Show’s take on his assertion that current policies and…8 min read·Feb 24, 2023----
Astra*Uncoiling: Performing Transgender Autobiography“For transsexuality is always narrative work, a transformation of the body that requires the remolding of the life into a particular…5 min read·May 8, 2023----
Astra*inAn Injustice!About MandyFalling through the transgender cracks in the Netherlands12 min read·Apr 17, 2023----
Astra*Western Media & Pride Won’t Save Us: A Response to The Economist, The Intelligence Podcast“In many countries Pride is a time when people of all sexualities and genders are celebrated…” but not in China! “In the past,” the…5 min read·Jun 29, 2022----
Astra*Face Off, Musings on Facial-Feminisation SurgeryMy mother keeps making anodyne comments about the societal pressures faced by women: “society puts so many unfair expectations on women to…5 min read·Jun 23, 2022--8--8
Astra*Face-off with GiggleThe App that Requires Automatic Gender Recognition Software to Access6 min read·Dec 1, 2021--3--3
Astra*The Transgender Tumbling Point: Trans Visibility and the Edge of the CliffMy trans story goes way back. I just turned 36, which makes me feel very old. Not in the sense that 36 is actually old (it is!!!), but in…9 min read·Apr 1, 2021--4--4
Astra*(Neo)Vaginal DialogueIt’s been five months since I had the surgery. It went well. I read recently that between 80–90 percent of female-identified…3 min read·Sep 18, 2020--1--1
Astra*Ask Me Anything, Just Not About That: Thoughts on the Eve of SRS“I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely…7 min read·Apr 29, 2020--2--2