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I'm Shel. Mutant Transsexual. Poet. Librarian. Neuroweird and weird in general. ☭✡ 30s, she/her

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Introducing: the new shelraphen.com ! This is where all my writing will be in the future. You can subscribe to the RSS feed or subscribe as a newsletter and receive my writing in your email! I've written some good stuff these past few years since leaving Twitter.

The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim

Shel Raphen's writings on various things

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Apostasy of X: Three years of recovery from Twitter addiction shelraphen.com/apostasy-of-x…

Apostasy of X: Three years of recovery from Twitter addiction

John Green validates my framing of Twitter as addictive

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White Neutrality: Coloring in White Identities shelraphen.com/white-neutral…

White Neutrality: Coloring in White Identities

In search of a healthy relationship to one's status as white

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The Education Crisis in America shelraphen.com/the-education…

The Education Crisis in America

The many dimensions of why kids aren't learning to read

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"The Hairshirt Doldrums" — Kate Wagner shelraphen.com/the-hairshirt…

"The Hairshirt Doldrums" — Kate Wagner

the hairshirt doldrumson having a brain injurythe late reviewkate wagner This piece by Kate Wagner (of McMansion Hell) on recovering from Post-Concussion Syndrome was deeply resonant with me. My...

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On Existing Ethically shelraphen.com/on-existing-e…

On Existing Ethically

Living still, even knowing of the horrors you touch

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Writing and Brain Damage shelraphen.com/writing-and-b…

Writing and Brain Damage

On lack of updates

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The White Social Anxiety Paradox shelraphen.com/the-white-soc…

The White Social Anxiety Paradox

When you try so hard to not be racist you end up being racist.

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(Cis)gender Dysphoria, Envy, Political Fear, Reclusive Dread shelraphen.com/cis-gender-dy…

(Cis)gender Dysphoria, Envy, Political Fear, Reclusive Dread

"What are you doing here?" said the doctor. He entered the exam room, strode across, sat in front of the computer station, and loudly began logging in a quickly as he could. "I'll tell you right now,...

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Belated Community Roundup 2024/11/5-18 shelraphen.com/belated-commu…

Belated Community Roundup 2024/11/5-18

Well, so, I disappeared into a fog of depression and I can't say I've exactly emerged. In addition to the election, my final grandparent passed away which triggered yet another attempt at reconcili...

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What We Still Have Right Now shelraphen.com/what-we-still…

What We Still Have Right Now

Let us please have each other

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Political Stability: Why do people vote for dominant parties in dominant party systems? shelraphen.com/political-sta…

Political Stability: Why do people vote for dominant parties in dominant party systems?

Americans take everything for granted that we don't realize is on the ballot. People in other nations show us what there is to lose.

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Community Roundup Week of 2024.10.27–11.2 shelraphen.com/community-rou…

Community Roundup Week of 2024.10.27–11.2

It's been a few weeks of posting roundups and not new posts. Life has been chaotic for me lately. My work schedule and location have changed multiple times. I am autistic and changes to my routine...

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Community Roundup Week of 2024.10.20–26 shelraphen.com/community-rou…

Community Roundup Week of 2024.10.20–26

Transit Map Tuesday Archive — GreaterPRT Recently I tried to find the old Transit Map Tuesdays from the I SEPTA Philly blog in 2020—only to find that the I SEPTA Philly blog has been abolished by...

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Community Roundup Week of 2024/10/13–19 shelraphen.com/community-rou…

Community Roundup Week of 2024/10/13–19

When the Torah is Missing — Rabbi Ariana Katz Chesed to the End — Rabbi Ariana Katz I had the pleasure this year of attending the high holidays with Hinenu Baltimore. These devarim from Rabbi Ariana...

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How will we be remembered? — The Jewish People After the War shelraphen.com/how-will-we-b…

How will we be remembered? — The Jewish People After the War

Imagining the possible futures for the Jewish People when the war in Gaza ends.

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Community Roundup Week of 2024.10.06–11 shelraphen.com/community-rou…

Community Roundup Week of 2024.10.06–11

This week is Yom Kippur, so I am scheduling this to go out in advance. Less stuff this week. I was simply less online. As usual, I am not just sharing things I read but also the things they made me...

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Conflict Avoidance & T'shuvah shelraphen.com/conflict-avoi…

Conflict Avoidance & T'shuvah

When t'shuvah rocks the boat and just feels bad.

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A typology of men who date trans women shelraphen.com/a-typology-of…

A typology of men who date trans women

Discussing the ways men mistreat trans women when it comes to sex and relationships.

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Community Roundup Week of 2023.09.29–10.5 shelraphen.com/community-rou…

Community Roundup Week of 2024.09.29–10.5

Things I encountered this week

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On Content Warnings shelraphen.com/on-content-wa…

On Content Warnings

An exploration of content warnings, their history, and their different implementations.

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