Meg had named it Patience. But why? he had exclaimed, not liking the name at all. Patience is my favourite virtue, she had replied, and we can call her Patty for short.

Transnormativity can be loosely defined as the notion that a successful trans person is a person who does not appear to be trans. A transnormative person can “pass” in larger society as their preferred gender identity—and is able to do so because he or she so successfully embodies the norms of masculinity or femininity. Yet embodying those norms requires capital—both cultural and monetary. As a result, the “most” transnormative individuals are generally those who are white, able-bodied, and upper-middle-class […]

Hopefully, the possibilities afforded by escaping and unescaping strings are now becoming clear.

They can be designed with debt-like features so as to satisfy the Internal Revenue Service that they are debt instruments, not equity (or debtquity as some refer to junk bonds).