Catapult
| What's the Word
What Lies Behind the Words: On Translating While Trans
For me, the real litmus test of fluency has always been: Can I use this language to convince a native speaker that I exist?
Arts & Culture
| Language
How to Say I Love You in Italian
With friends and family, one says “ti voglio bene”—literally “I want good for you.” And I believe love is not only something you feel, but something you do.
Arts & Culture
| Queer Life
Starting Testosterone During Ramadan Led Me to the Sacred in My Trans Self
Before testosterone, few people ever saw me cry. Now tears come in hot floods, as though some tender, unlanguaged creature has surfaced inside me.