Jetta Rae DoubleCakes

Jetta Rae DoubleCakes

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Jetta Rae’s story starts playing baseball in Germany and ends writing educational songs for children on her ukulele.    In between she co-edits Consent Culture, hosts grappling workshops for women, and volunteers at the Pacific Pinball Museum.

Jetta Rae DoubleCakes Articles

Things My Exes Left Behind: The Handmade Apron And The Mother In Me

The apron was a birthday gift—to both of us, really. She was the first woman to ever call me 'Mommy.'

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Things My Exes Left Behind: A Disney Princess Coloring Book And A Self-Love Realization

Every now and then a “Mommy” would escape her lips and I would wipe it from my face, like mud or mosquitos on an otherwise idyllic summer’s drive.

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Our Dream Ghostbusters Cast With Queer Women And Women Of Color

Jane Lynch, Aubrey Plaza, Rosario Dawson, Laverne Cox . . . we're looking at you.

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Sci-Fi Saturday: Attack Of The 50-Foot Woman Feminist Review

This classic film takes the cautionary tale into the "supersonic age," foregoing a cerebral edge in favor of murder and a giantess fetish.

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The Love In The Stitching Of My Girlfriend's Hand-Me-Down Dress

As a trans woman, I dress for solidarity. I dress to be identified. And now, I have received my "dress blues."

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Things My Exes Left Behind: A Flannel Shirt, A Polaroid And The Search For Common Ground

There's a dresser in my drawer, and all it contains is a flannel shirt and a picture of me and Henrietta, from Christmas 2013.

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Any Way You Slice It: A Trans Woman Reflects On Amputation Fetish

I have an intense, irrational fear of amputation. I threw up trying to read Geek Love. I get light-headed, piss-pantsy in Halloween stores.

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Things My Exes Left Behind: Lavender Lotion Scented With Heartache

I put the lotion on my skin for a week after they left, hoping that it would bring me stop-gap solace until they forgave me and came back.

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TMI Tuesday: Help! I Shart My Lover's Bed!

DoubleCakes dishes out advice to a reader who did something unseemly in her one-night-stand's bed.

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From Scientology To Ernest Angley: When Religion Controls The Right To Have Kids

News that televangelist Angley forced congregants to have abortions shocked the nation. But his actions don't exist in a vacuum.

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