We have arrived at a new beginning, dear reader. Nyx and I began this creative journey well over a decade ago. Change is not only good, but also necessary, it is part of life, and it is integral to creating vibrant art.… Read More We have built something new!
There’s something in the news almost every day about transgender rights being eliminated in the United States of America, it’s frankly horrifying. The goal of these bills is to force people back in the closet, to somehow dissuade kids from expressing their reality. When we deny visibility, we deny the existence of self. I grew… Read More Avery Actualized: It’s Always Better To Know
In the case of a delay for a post a note will be made on the schedule. If you are looking for older schedules head on over to check out the Lineup Thursday April 1st, 2021: Avery Actualized: It’s Always Better To Know Friday April 2nd, 2021: No Post – Working on Gods At Play Saturday April 3rd, 2021: No Post… Read More April 2021 Schedule
Content Warning: Sexual assault, drug abuse, death of a family member When in the fall of 2006 I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder I knew I needed to make changes in my life. I had hit rock bottom. The stress of managing an un-diagnosed mental health condition had created the conditions for me to… Read More Avery Actualized: Unvarnished Truths
The hardest thing to do is be patient with ourselves. I find myself getting antsy to move on to new tasks and complete the old ones, that impatience has never served me well. What has become a guiding principle however has been patience. I have learned this lesson inadvertently. Patience has come to me through… Read More Avery Actualized: The Persistence of Patience
I don’t know about you, but the last year of the pandemic has utterly obliterated any habits or routine that I had previously in place. I have been trying, with varying degrees of success (it’s been more miss than hit really) to build new routines. The last eight days however have proven to be the… Read More Avery Actualized: Incremental Achievement
How close do I let you in, how much can I tell you, how much dare I face? When we venture to the world of introspection we reveal ourselves, understanding our own reality can be a daunting prospect. How cognizant are we of the journey that we are on, that path that makes up our… Read More Avery Actualized: Always There
In the case of a delay for a post a note will be made on the schedule. If you are looking for older schedules head on over to check out the Lineup Monday March 1st, 2021: No Post Tuesday March 2nd, 2021: No Post Wednesday March 3rd, 2021: No Post – Editing Second Edition of Recyclable Youth (Formally deadbeats)… Read More March 2021 Schedule
I was at a lose as to how to get started again, it seemed overwhelming. I have thought about getting back to blogging every minute that I haven’t been here. The last year has been a challenge for everyone, my own difficulty has come in the form of trying to find my way back to… Read More Avery Actualized: Show Up
Content Warning: This post discuses Transphobia Finding my voice for the blog has been an evolving experience. When I first started out here I mainly focused on sharing my transition, in those early days there was plenty to talk about. I also spent a lot of time talking about writing. There have been other topics… Read More Avery On: Speaking Out
Post time between 9:30am Eastern (2:30pm GMT) and 2:30pm Eastern (7:30pm GMT). All posts are announced via Twitter (Writing as J. Avery Cain) as well as updated on the schedule here, a day previous to publication. Follow the hashtag #SBASprints to keep up to date on my progress on all current projects. I am currently working on Gods At Play… Read More November 2020
Since coming out in February of 2019 I have tried to only look forward. It hasn’t always been easy, that desire to imagine what could have been if I had only known. In those early days I was trying to discover who I was, and am, as a Transgender Woman. I often recount the experience… Read More Avery Actualized: Reclaiming My Past
Post time between 9:30am Eastern (2:30pm GMT) and 2:30pm Eastern (7:30pm GMT). All posts are announced via Twitter (Writing as J. Avery Cain) as well as updated on the schedule here, a day previous to publication. Follow the hashtag #SBASprints to keep up to date on my progress on all current projects. I am currently working on Gods At Play… Read More October 2020 Schedule
A living document through LGBTQIA+ community engagement Forward Much will change over the life time of this document, that is with intention. It will start off slowly, speaking about our personal pronouns isn’t a conversation we have often enough. The core of identity is found over the journey of our lifetimes. Not all of us… Read More An Inclusive Guide to Gendering in Media, and Communication
Dear reader I don’t have to remind you of the strange days we live in, we stepped through the looking glass some time ago and instead we all reside in this perhaps the worst of all possible timelines. My anxiety though, she tells me daily just how much worse things could be. Both the current… Read More Avery On: Dark Thoughts, Hopeful Heart
Post time between 9:30am Eastern (2:30pm GMT) and 2:30pm Eastern (7:30pm GMT). All posts are announced via Twitter (Writing as J. Avery Cain) as well as updated on the schedule here, a day previous to publication. Follow the hashtag #SBASprints to keep up to date on my progress on all current projects. I am currently working on Gods At Play… Read More September 2020 Schedule
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I can hardly believe that it’s been a year, three hundred and sixty six days of taking Hormone Replacement Medication (H.R.T.), what I affectionately call my Princess Lily Tablets*. When I began this journey, those first tentative steps taken with coming out on February 1st of 2019, I wasn’t very confident of how this would… Read More Avery Actualized: The First Three Hundred and Sixty Six Days
Since entering this new reality, one where isolation is a matter of urgency for the benefit of public health, maintaining a social connection has been incredibly difficult. While I have friends who have managed to thrive during this period of time, I have found it incredibly difficult. One of the areas of my life where… Read More Avery On: Being Social At a Distance
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