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4 Jun

When boys have to go for a smear test

Drawing on personal experience, Elijah W Harris talks concerning the painful business of going for a smear test as a trans person This text comprises words used for the feminine reproductive system and graphic descriptions. I actually have never broken a bone, I don’t know what it looks like to get punched within the face and growing up in a bungalow means I haven’t taken a tumble down a flight of stairs. I actually have nonetheless taken a cricket ball to the top, been hit by a automotive and had an informal double mastectomy. I’ve heard that the mind and body forgets pain, which should be true because each time I get a recent tattoo...
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26 May

The Smell Test: Diptyque Florabellio

While one judge looked as if it would appreciate the complex nature of the scent and one other enjoyed “the fun ride,” others on the panel couldn’t address what they saw as a jarring combination.   “Clever, complex, compact, oddly inscrutable fresh-metallic-milky accord. Very nice work.”Rating: 7 “The fragrance is a chameleon on me — each time I wear it I smell something completely different. An elusive and puzzling fragrance that leaves me unsatisfied.”Rating: 3 “Fizzy lemonade-like opening, vivid accord with a curious crunchy green note, soft finish. The ending might have been more exciting, but high marks for the fun ride.”Rating: 7 “It is a very unusual and quite strange perfume. I get some notes that smell as if the perfume has turned bad.”Rating:...
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