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I saw someone in the tags of one of my posts say "wow i need to get on the coyote train" and I was like THIS IS MY TIME TO SHINE, why? Because I love their work and have books to recommend:

Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme edited by Ivan Coyote and Zena Sharman - this one has many different authors for each chapter and a couple chapters are by Ivan if I recall correctly. Great starter book to introduce someone to butch/femme identities, especially because there's a variety of perspectives when it comes to those identities. This one addresses kind of, one of my few critics of Ivan which is not addressing racial issues much, if at all, or disability, which in a way, it isn't their place to speak I guess, but this book does have perspectives from poc that are masculine of center and femmes of colour, aside from disabled femmes.

Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote - I adore this book. It talks about being butch, understanding oneself as butch, talks about growing up gender nonconforming, it talks about family perception, the struggles of going through life as a gender nonconforming person, about being a blue collar butch and how it can feel sometimes out in the field, how they were treated. Overall, an incredible book though some parts can be a bit rough.

Missed Her by Ivan Coyote - this one is more geared towards relationships (not just romantic, but it touches on that); loss; reflections on life, trans-ness and people's perceptions on that and what is butch; and how being who you are can change the world around you even in small ways and what will be there looking ahead. Very heartwarming read.

Care Of by Ivan Coyote - I haven't completely finished this one as it changes slightly from their usual way to write. This one is more prompt and response, since they use this one in the context of the pandemic, when they're stuck at home to answer emails, letters and messages they've gotten throughout the years and those can be very moving. You get to see the feedback and their interactions with the people that write to them. And as they write things with a more specific direction.

Gender Failure by Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon - is here as an honourable mention, not because I think it's inferior to the books previously mentioned, simply because I haven't read it myself, so I can't vouch for something i don't know, but the times I've seen people talking about it, it seemed like a good book as well and i know Ivan is quite skilled in discussing gender.

Ivan Coyote has a very subtle and inviting way to discuss all of these topics that I really admire and their story telling is kind, light-hearted without running away from important subjects.

If you've read Ivan Coyote and enjoy their work, especially in Missed Her, I can't recommend enough My Lesbian Husband: Landscape of a Marriage by Barrie Jean Borich, there's a familiarity there to me in the way they write and their story telling, though Barrie Jean Borich writes in a more continuous way than in short pieces like Ivan does.

Regardless, both really great authors, in my opinion.

#saving this for later #trans reads

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Some pen doodles

#traditional art #pen drawing #doodle #doodlysketch #sketch #btw if you want to commission me to do little pen doodles for you check out my kofi!!! #they're two dollars :)

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its so so important to follow blogs that will put a bit of softcore porn on ur dash. it is not only tasteful but also a key part of the microbiome

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Bringing back my little screaming frog back for today, to all who celebrate : Happy 4/20!

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Without text versions of my last post

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My intrusive thoughts of self-doubt,

Are the thoughts inside my head,

Constant rumination, fear of hurt,

Of hurting someone instead,

I'm disgusted at my thoughts,

At what these thoughts imply,

It's not who I am or want to be,

These fears make me want to die,

But these fears will never leave,

They're all there is and what I know,

The fear is all there is to see,

The fear keeps growing evermore,

And I fear I cannot go through this alone.

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My name is Mituna, I am a disabled, queer, transsexual, Jewish creator. This is my scrap-booking blog, whether it be digital or traditional.

Current projects: Digital Scrap - Online Scrapbook. Main purpose of this blog Scrapbook #1 - Scrapbook started after hospitalization #1 Scrapbook #2 - Scrapbook started as a way to cope

If you would like to support me in any way, please go to my ko-fi

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