Tag: gender diverse

Summer Reading

Fiction and non-fiction books by Clementine Ford, Carmen Machado, Rachel Cusk, Debra Levy, Nadine Burke Harris, Katy Hessel, Jennifer Higgie. Auto-art & trauma.

“I speak into the silence. I toss the stone of my story into a vast crevice; measure the emptiness by its small sound.” ― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

It is often interesting to hear what people are reading, giving an insight into books that we ourselves, may like. That which calls our attention, and then our reflections upon, can only come from the individual lens from which we look out. For each of us this is intimately personal. Mostly I read to interrogate my own depths, looking to the vision of others to shine light into hidden, unknown or unexpected corners. Thus, the pleasure in reading.

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⏰ 10 minutes

The Burke Foundation – Adverse Childhood Experiences

Of Many Stripes

A Flash fiction with warmth and reality, on mixed-up families, growing up, gender identity – and Santa Claus:)

“There’s no limit to how much you’ll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”  Dr. Seuss

Dear Santa,

The new TV you brought us last year is great. Dad and David love watching sports on it, and me and Mum, like the nature channel. Dad said to write you with my Christmas wish. I mean what I want for this Christmas, even though it’s only August. He told me to stop going on about wanting Holiday Barbie, but I only have My First Barbie that Aunty Kath gave me. She took me to the movie too. All the Barbies were so cool! Mum growled at her when we got home, but Aunty Kath just winked at me and told Mum to get over it.

This Body, rough drawing by Bice Grace Lapin
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⏰ 2-3 minutes

Rainbow Organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand