A Personal Plea for You to Vote on November 6

Posted on October 30, 2018 | 9 min read time

We’re all tired of being told to vote and telling other people to vote. I get it. It’s exhausting. And chances are, if you still aren’t planning on voting at this point, you probably aren’t even reading this. However, if you aren’t planning to vote or you don’t think it’s important, I want to make one more plea to you to change you mind and go out to the polls on November 6. [Read More]

Pre-Boston Marathon Media Coverage

Posted on April 14, 2018 | 12 min read time

I’m sure you’ve all seen the barrage of news articles about transgender runners who will be running Boston Marathon this year. It’s been nothing less than a flood. And I hate it. Look, I’m obviously no stranger to media attention and I’m sort of used to this kind of thing. It happens every once in a while—not just with running, but I experienced it with the startup I confounded a few years ago as well. [Read More]

Six months

Posted on August 2, 2016 | 9 min read time

This is the fifth post in a series about my experience with getting my junk rearranged. The other parts are: Are You Excited?, I Got Sliced All The Fuck Up!, Recovery Update, and 16 weeks post-surgery update. As usual, proceed with caution. Total TMI-city ahead. Ain't nothing stopping this! In some ways, I can’t believe it’s already been six months (and a few days) since my surgery. [Read More]

16 weeks post-surgery update

Posted on May 20, 2016 | 17 min read time

This is the fourth post in a 10,000+ word series about my experience with getting my junk rearranged. The other parts are: Are You Excited?, I Got Sliced All The Fuck Up!, and Recovery Update. I know, I know. I haven’t updated in a while. A lot of people have asked me to, but I honestly just haven’t really had a chance to sit down and write it all out. [Read More]

Recovery update

Posted on February 29, 2016 | 7 min read time

Thumbs up! Today marks one month since my surgery and, I guess, I should give an update? Overall, I’m feeling reasonably good, I think. It’s really hard to say, to be honest. One of the hardest parts about recovery is that it’s entirely unknown. I don’t know if things are going well. I don’t know how things are supposed to look or feel. I don’t know if that pus-like stuff coming out of me is normal or not. [Read More]

I got sliced all the fuck up!

Posted on February 6, 2016 | 20 min read time

Hello from the other siiiiiiide… Okay, sorry. I don’t even really like that song, but it felt appropriate? Nah, I just couldn’t think of a better way to start this thing off. This is gonna be…a graphic and super TMI post, but I feel like some of it could be helpful to some and worth reading for others. Mostly, I just kind of want to write about it for my own sake. [Read More]

I am a transgender woman with mental illness and I am a finalist to be on the cover of Women's Running

Posted on October 3, 2015 | 5 min read time

I'm a finalist! Because my life is totally weird, I’m currently a finalist in the Women’s Running Cover Runner Contest. The eight finalists were chosen from over 3,000 applicants and the winner will find herself on the cover of Women’s Running magazine. To be perfectly honest, this is a super surreal thing to me. When I entered, I didn’t think there was any chance I’d be chosen as a finalist. [Read More]