The Dead Names: Erich "Freya" Swartz
This one hits home for me because I also lost my fiance in my 20s following a period of watching his mental and physical decline, aggressively vocal suicidal ideation, and then he was gone under uncertain circumstances that may have been accidental or due to his complex medical circumstances that were sadly hereditary or secondary to his history of severe sepsis and multisystem organ failure. His best friend, who later blocked me unceremoniously for being a wicked terf, was quite dismissive of the possibility that he did the thing he kept saying he would do, insisting he would have left a note. Looking back, I think she was also being possessive of his equilibriating meat in her own way, not wanting to admit that he perhaps had a different relationship with me than she.He was 26. I do not have an urn for us to share. His organs are interred in the bodies of several strangers. I have folded starburst wrapper cranes protected by resin somewhere in a cedar box, next to a program from his memorial at the Berkeley Botanical Gardens, a place he loved to frequent. I have egg whites he taught me to mix into cocktails for the taste. I have the knowledge of connective tissue disorders and symptomatology that he imparted through years of his genetically foretold misery. I have the compassion he showed me when no one would ackowledge my worsening pain from my rare syndrome, but he was always looking for others like him who did not yet know why they were hurting. I understand that urge to suckle the corpse of the man who left you forever; a stillbirth of a marriage. And I have the rainbow baby of my own life now, which continues forward. I hope this woman who survived this man, can keep finding her way forward. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.
Phalloplasty Philes: Hendrix and the Angry Inch
Phoenix Trans Guy here entered Hedwig mode (final form: Hendrix) after a botched phalloplasty left her with a surgically created neoFUPA made out of piled-up vadginal tissue and stitched together labiae. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.
Phalloplasty Philes: Hendrix and the Angry Inch
Phoenix Wolf Guy has been on testosterone for 14 years and it's affected her significantly. What could explain this poor judgment to endanger her financial and physical health and risk her family’s stability to stand to pee? It's a mystery. For Phoenix, it's about her personal relationship with Gender Jesus.Hendrix is a portmanteau of Hedwig, from the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which also heavily inspired this AI generated song. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.
Max released her Clacken this morning
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Testosterone Troubles: Vocal Fry
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