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Shel Raphen

Shel Raphen

I'm Shel! She/her. I'm the only author on this blog. Look at the "About" page linked above for more information about me. Website
The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim
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Growing Fewer Branches as I Age

By Shel Raphen in aging on 25 Jun 2024

On coming to know who you are as you get older and leaving behind the people you never became…

How marginalization restricts agency in the housing market

By Shel Raphen in urban planning on 19 Jun 2024

Going through the most affordable cities in the US and demonstrating how being trans often restricts you to living in places that are more expensive…

Compulsory Heterosexuality in 2024

By Shel Raphen in gender on 31 May 2024

Reflecting on Adrienne Rich's famous essay Compulsory Heterosexuality in 2024…

You do not owe anyone a radical cool presentation that is inauthentic to yourself

By Shel Raphen in gender on 24 May 2024

On why it took me so long as a trans woman to embrace femininity…

Asexuality, Gross Phenomenological Assumptive Conundrums, and Me

By Shel Raphen in sexuality on 20 May 2024

Coming out as grey-asexual the only way I know how: A long sense philosophical critique…

Redirecting suicidal impulses into terrible pizza moments

By Shel Raphen in mental health on 12 May 2024

Yet another strategy for dealing with intrusive suicidal thoughts…

Social media contagions

By Shel Raphen in social media on 06 May 2024

On picking up OCD traits off of twitter and whose thoughts you let into your head…

Pursue being who you want to be furiously.

By Shel Raphen in gender on 03 May 2024

On not giving up too soon on being who you want to be…

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