And for recording an audible version that I could listen to on my way to/from electrolysis appointments.

As someone just a few years into their transition, trying to navigate being openly trans in 2025, this book really hit the spot. So grateful to @tillybridges.bsky.social for putting in the research and publishing it, and sharing so much of herself in this work.

I found this book -- and through it, the Matrix movies -- to be incredibly powerful, and despite touching on some of the most difficult aspects of living life authentically as a trans person, I found the ideas and perspectives that were shared to be a source of inspiration and strength.

It was eye opening to see that while the players have changed, and the field has changed, the game is the same, the motivations are the same, and our challenges, strengths, and weaknesses are the same.

Tilly does such a great job of breaking down how the Wachowski sisters effectively explained, decades ago, timeless challenges and cis nonsense faced by trans folks that I'm just coming to terms with over the past few years as I go through my own transition.

I was floored at how much detail was in these movies that I had either dismissed or otherwise failed to connect with the overarching trans allegory being told across the entire series. I'll never see those movies the same way again.

#proffie #sabertrio

It was never fun pulling up an example of work I'd done in the past only to accidentally throw my deadname at yet another teammate who didn't already know it. Good riddance to that!

I think the most exciting thing about this transition may be no longer having to deal with my deadname scattered through years of commit history in dozens of repos across multiple GitHub orgs.