By La Sarmiento — 2019
Creating spaces where the need to assimilate, conform, and belong are no longer important
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When I told my family I was trans, one of their initial reactions was, “But you’re so hairy! It’s going to be so difficult to remove all your hair to be a woman, so you should just give up.” They were zeroing in on my body hair as the barrier for me to be seen as feminine.
The black box is awkward at best and excruciating at worst. But it’s where change happens.
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An identity crisis is a developmental event that involves a person questioning their sense of self or place in the world.
We often see our jobs as a defining detail of who we are, yet too closely tying our identities to work can be dangerous. What can we do about it?