Systems and Stories
Largely discussions of transition and my experience of the tech industry as a trans lady.
I know this is going to sound ridiculous, given the amount of angst in our lives about how much sex we aren’t having, but I promise this is orthogonal. I need you to know that I’m really uncomfortable with how much you like my dick. Look, it’s not like I…
Guess this has become a yearly tradition. What’s the line? Once is chance, twice is happenstance, three times is enemy action? I’m not a consultant anymore, and I refuse to look up the quote. Anyway, it’s Pride again, and I’m still alive. Woooooo. Recently that has felt like a motherfucking…
And yet it seems like everyone else knows the rules doesn’t it? They got a fucking manual and we didn’t. Life’s not fair kid, but it’s horrible and messy and wonderful, just like what you’re chasing after.
totally reasonable to expect that I could just post through it, right friends? Abandon everything you’ve ever known, pick up another language, navigate an alien, baroque and frankly mildly hostile bureaucracy, and keep on trucking. Very normal, very reasonable expectations.
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.” If ever there were a Hoosier, it was Kurt Vonnegut.
Did you know Christmas is a really rotten time to move your family half way around the world? You might suspect it, of course, but until you find yourself either foolish or desperate enough to make an attempt, you have no idea just how bad it is, let me assure…
Hey y’all, exciting news! I’m taking a post-doctoral research position.
I think that defiance is something worth being proud of, as much for it’s own sake as for the hope that it encourages someone else to be themselves too.
Each year between November 13 – 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help increase understanding about transgender people and the issues members of the community face. So, as your resident transgender person, I guess I have to do a thing. One can’t go…
I’m technically Dr. Jordan Thayer. I have a doctorate in the philosophy of computer science, focusing on AI. I have a weird relationship with my doctorate. Sometimes, it’s useful to credential myself: I know a lot about this, look at the letters! Other times, it gets in the way: I…
