Moving through Time
Finally went to the Green Mill last night and saw the fabulous Erica perform in the Poetry Slam. It got me thinking about poetry and I figured I’d try my hand at something that – for me – is a little...
View ArticleHelp me get to NYC for a custom dildo mold
So I scheduled The Surgery. December 9, 2013. I’m planning a big fundraising push over the next year but – in the meantime – I just launched a quick-and-dirty fundraiser at RebeccaKling.com. The big...
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Spending money to make money – life as an artist
I’ve been thinking about the old adage, “You have to spend money to make money.” Searching that phrase with quotes returns over three million Google hits, and searching without quotes returns over 650...
View ArticleMaking the private public – turning the tables on transitioning as a public...
(This is yet another post written while waiting to board an airplane.) The first question people ask when they hear I’m going to New York to get a custom mold of my penis so that I can make (among...
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120 minutes in NYC
3D printing – WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW! I landed about two hours ago and have traveled from LaGuardia to the corner of 27th and 6th. (I think the street comes first – New Yorkers feel free to...
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Hi-def, 3D dick picks (are not contained in this blog post)
I guess I’m going to New York City! Alternate title for this blog post: In Which I Make Decisions That Are Difficult To Explain To My Parents The fundraiser is live. Click here to check it out! SUNDAY...
View ArticleHealth updates
Nothing too exciting, just some stuff I’ve been meaning to post. Surgery is still on for December 9, 2013. I have paid for laser hair removal, but been dragging my feet about scheduling it because it...
View ArticlePerformance piece – Penis-scanning lasers
I performed this piece at Chances Dances on Monday, 12/17/12. A week ago today, I was in New York City getting my penis scanned by lasers, so that a feminist, queer-positive sex toy company could give...
View ArticleSlacking, and fear of moving forward
The past few weeks have not been filled with productivity. As I joked to a friend, if I’d known I was going to be this bad at responding to emails during the holiday I would have put up an “I’ll be...
View ArticleSurgery fears
The Surgery – gender reassignment surgery – has never felt like the One End Goal for me. I was ambiguous about surgery, unsure if it was right for me. I knew I didn’t like my body as-is, but surgical...
View ArticlePlaces have names have meanings
Fuck the Willis Tower Fuck US Cellular Field Fuck Ryan Field and Macy’s and Westfield Shoppingtown Places have names have meanings To simply change that - to impose your understanding of a place over...
View ArticlePre-op, post-op, does it matter?
I was at a party on New Years Eve. The drinks were flowing, the music was thumping, and Jaxx (two X’s, not one) was hitting on me. He was cute, a burner, and we were having a good time. After dancing...
View ArticleAn email from a student
This afternoon, I taught a Trans 101 workshop to seventh grade students at the synagogue I attended as a child. Mere hours later, I received this email: Dear Rebecca, My name is [name removed] and you...
View ArticleIsrael, trans folks, marriage, and pinkwashing
So Israel had its “first transgender wedding.” (I should note that it’s really the first public trans wedding that received news coverage. It’s entirely possible trans folks have gotten married in...
View ArticleFeeling a little unstable
I have been coded: Gender identity disorder: 302.85 Vaginoplastiy: 55970 Submitting a pre-approval claim to my insurance company, in an effort to get them to cover my upcoming surgery, requires such...
View Article1. The Book of the City of Ladies (1405) – Essential Feminist Reader
NOTE: As I was looking at grad school this past year, I realized part of my goals – to be more well-versed in feminist history and theory – didn’t require actually going to school; it just required...
View ArticleHaving surgery, or fighting the good fight
I just got off the phone with an attorney, Joanne, who is interested in working with me to fight for insurance coverage for my upcoming vaginoplasty. She said that there seems to be some realistic...
View ArticleGrad student’s survey on BDSM
Was just forwarded this and figured some folks might be interested. I just took the survey and have the following notes: Bonus points for good gender and sexual orientation options (multiple choice,...
View Article2. On the Equality of the Two Sexes (1673) – Essential Feminist Reader
I recently picked up The Essential Feminist Reader (which I’ll be shortening to TEFR) a collection of 64 essays and excerpts on feminist from the last six hundred years. Because they’re all...
View ArticleNaming a business
The time is approaching where I will need to incorporate. “Need” is obviously subjective, but everyone I’ve talked to (including my accountant) has said that you should make an official business...
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