Our talented columnist gets republished in Jezebel, makes people cry.
We mentioned a few days ago that chicks love us. Well, the love continued yesterday, when the popular women’s blog Jezebel republished our own Tom Forrister’s fascinating column about shaving for the first time as a man. (Forrister was born a woman.) As of this morning, Tom’s column has been read more than 11,000 times over at Jezebel. Here are some of our favorite comments from Jezebel readers:
I actually wept while reading this. So refreshing, so beautiful. I hope to see more of posts like this here!
It’s fascinating to me that a daily activity that most of us think of as a chore serves as a touchstone for his male identity. I hope his skin takes to shaving like his body did to testosterone.
This is a beautifully written piece. Just … absolutely wonderful. Oh look, it’s raining from my eyes.
Tom sounds like he’s having more luck with the electric razor than my poor (cis-gendered) boyfriend. I think they’re really built to eat flesh rather than get the hair off it.
This post was both moving and beautifully written. I love to hear the joy that can come from someone being able to embrace the basic joy of finally being comfortable with their identity and how they present it to the world.
Be on the lookout for Tom’s next column, which we will publish soon.
Reading such positive responses about a personal issue makes my heart soar. I’m feelin’ the love, all right! 🙂