Crafting a woman. Embracing monstrosity.

Building a Fairy

I was in a tiny California town in late November, smoking a joint while sitting outside my motel room. The village is so tiny that I’m staring at an empty acre lot at the edge of the motel's property line. A family of deer grazed in the

Building a Monster

I want to lay claim to the dark power of my monstrous identity without using it as a weapon against others or being wounded by it myself. I will say this as bluntly as I know how: I am a transsexual, and therefore I am a monster. - Susan Stryker,