Mom, large and in charge. It’s that time of year again in the US, the Giving of Thanks is upon us. So, in the spirit of the holiday’s modern interpretation rather than its religious and agricultural origins, I am going to tell you a bit about the things I am thankful for. If you are …
Kick Off I went with Michelle to her PTK (Phi Theta Kappa - Carolinas) event, the 2019 Carolinas Region Leadership Conference, hosted by Spartanburg Community College. This was my first time going with her to a PTK event, as I always felt that Michelle should be able to have time away from me and spend …
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My wife, Michelle, goes on trips occasionally for her honors society, Phi Theta Kappa. I have never gone with her, mostly because I was uncomfortable with pretending to be a man, so I was panicked among others I didn’t know. But also, because she is around me all the time, I think she should be …
Image stolen from Scott Pilgrim promo. I had my ears pierced on July 20th and even though I was careful I still managed to drag my left ear on my pillow in my sleep and cause it a bit longer to heal up. Thankfully, due to keeping the area very clean and being extra careful …
There we go, that problematic URL/Title of my blog is gone now. Welcome to the newly named, “Beth Overthinks It” blog. I have retained the old posts, I feel some of them are important not only to me but to others who may be transitioning. I am going to add files onto this site as …
So, I was going to create an entirely new blog and discontinue this one. But I think I am going to keep this one and rename it and take it in a slightly new approach to my posts. I have waffled back and forth as to what to do and I came up with this …
When I started this blog, it was a way for me to openly and unabashedly talk about my own issues, of being transgender. I wanted to work out for myself what that meant, what it didn’t mean and where I was going. My first post indicated I was going to be non-transitioning, out of fear …
Photo by Melissa Askew on Unsplash I was going to write another post about being young, being old and living in fear with the secret of who I was. But you know what? Fuck fear. This is about letting fear go, it was never your friend. Photo by Elijah Hail on Unsplash This isn’t about fixing all aspects of your life. …
Photo by April Pethybridge on Unsplash On or around my birthday, I almost always post something on facebook going over my past failures and misdeeds, my regrets and disillusionment. It was a way for me to remember humility, that is what I told myself. It was really about hating who I was, hating the mask …
Over the years, especially when I was younger, I would find games that would allow me to play a girl. It was my escape from the body I felt trapped in. Be they pen and paper games, like D&D or Cyberpunk, or video games like Tomb Raider ( I know, I know, misogynist representation back …
Everybody Needs Some Body
and "S" is for Spouse
a lone voice calling in the wilderness
Life, the universe and everything
Life, the universe and everything
Life, the universe and everything
