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Victoria Strake

Victoria Strake

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Nov 20, 2020

We Cling To Anxiety

A sudden loss of tension in our lives would be like a loss of gravity: disorienting, frightening, and cause for panic.

We Cling To Anxiety

Victoria Strake

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Nov 7, 2020

The Big Little Joys of Being Trans

It’s the small things in life that often bring the most happiness moment-to-moment.

The Big Little Joys of Being Trans

Victoria Strake

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Nov 7, 2020

No Brunch.

There is work to be done for a better future.

No Brunch.

Victoria Strake

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Nov 1, 2020

The Cost of Resistance

We can either benefit from the system or attack it, but not both.

The Cost of Resistance

Victoria Strake

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Oct 30, 2020

Saving Humanity Will Be Bad For The Economy

To keep living we’ll need to change this thing we’ve been taught to serve called ‘the economy’.

Saving Humanity Will Be Bad For The Economy

Victoria Strake

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Oct 15, 2020

I Wasn’t Born This Way

Or maybe I was. Or maybe I changed along the way, or maybe I decided to live like this. It doesn’t actually matter, though.

I Wasn’t Born This Way

Victoria Strake

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Oct 12, 2020

How I Knew I Was Trans

Answering a question I’ve received from a surprising number of people.

How I Knew I Was Trans

Victoria Strake

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Oct 11, 2020

Agency and Blame

The ability to help ourselves doesn’t mean we’re to blame if we try and fail to do so.

Agency and Blame

Victoria Strake

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Oct 8, 2020

How Not To Lose at LEGOs

We’re killing ourselves trying to win at games that aren’t real and have no stakes.

How Not To Lose at LEGOs

Victoria Strake

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Oct 5, 2020

When You Just Can’t Fix a ‘Fixer’

We can’t stop them from giving advice, but we can be a bit less annoyed by it — science shows us how.

When You Just Can’t Fix a ‘Fixer’

Victoria Strake

Victoria Strake

Essayist, former scientist, trans woman. Striving for actionable methods of peaceful revolution — relationships, community, mutual aid, subsistence, science.

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