eunuchs
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Two Years On: Ordinary, Castrated, At Peace
Two years ago today I was in Mexico having the surgery that would make my body…
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What Eunuchs Were Built to Fix
People like to talk about eunuchs as symbols. We’re metaphors for lack, or purity, or sacrifice,…
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Bodies That Don’t Reproduce the State
(on why trans existence is always treated as political) In a previous post, I argued that…
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Book Review: The Eunuch of Stamboul (Dennis Wheatley)
I found this book by accident in a charity shop and picked it up simply because…
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Slice – A Castration Horror Worth Watching
I first heard about Chet Turner’s film Slice on one of the eunuch Discord servers and…
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Asking the Internet If I Was Allowed to Exist
A few days ago I had a ping from Reddit on a post that I’d made…
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Stolen Valour
False Prophets People who post fake images of castrated guys without making it clear that what…
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Public (in)conveniences
I had to come into town to have a contact lens checkup. Busting for a pee,…
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The Eunuch as Infrastructure
(or: what societies kept building instead of fixing themselves) When we talk about eunuchs, we usually…
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A Kiss Before the Army: Alexander, Bagoas, and the Edges of Identity
Despite studying Ancient History at Uni, I first encountered the name Bagoas when reading 50 LGBTQ+…
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A Witch, A Woman, A Galaxy: Abigail Thorne’s Quiet Star Wars Revolution
Living without my husband, I am at last free to enjoy Star Wars! I started with…
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Being Heard – and Being Handled: My MP’s Letter and the Minister’s Evasion (part 2)
After reading the Minister for Equalities’ response – which Satvir forwarded to me as promised –…
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Being Heard – and Being Handled: My MP’s Letter and the Minister’s Evasion (part 1)
A little while ago I wrote to my MP, Satvir Kaur, about the political and media…
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Visible and Vanishing: Trans Day of Remembrance
The Weight of Remembrance Every year on 20 November, communities around the world gather to mark…
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Please Aim for Decency
A modest proposal for ending the gender toilet wars This morning, in the men’s loos at…
