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Ella Snyder

(She/Her)
New York
As seen in: L'Officiel USA, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo Singapore, Aol, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan (UK), Dazed Magazine, Yahoo Style Singapore, Yahoo Lifestyle Australia and
Covers:  Sex, dating, gender identity, mental health, self image
model transsexual occasional blogger

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fashion blogger turned fashion model turned sex columnist

Ella Snyder’s Journalist Portfolio

Ethel Cain Is Following Your Posts and Has More to Say [Exclusive]

Ethel Cain Is Following Your Posts and Has More to Say [Exclusive]

The Southern gothic singer-songwriter on being an outspoken trans woman online, and how her artistic persona …

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How I Found Pleasure In a New Body After Gender-Affirming Surgery

How I Found Pleasure In a New Body After Gender-Affirming Surgery

I was told I may never orgasm after my operation, but after experimenting and getting past my anxieties, I'm …

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I Thought I Was Asexual-Turns Out, I Was Just Having Bad Sex

I Thought I Was Asexual-Turns Out, I Was Just Having Bad Sex

The sex I was having with selfish men was so unpleasant, it made me wonder if I didn't want sex at all. Here'…

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Dating as a Trans Woman Means Coming Out Over and Over Again

Dating as a Trans Woman Means Coming Out Over and Over Again

Model Ella Snyder can tell you some horror stories about dating as a trans woman. Here, she shares what those…

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Can We Reschedule? Dating Has Gotten So Hard, I Almost Stopped Going Outside

Can We Reschedule? Dating Has Gotten So Hard, I Almost Stopped Going Outside

As a trans person in America today, just existing is exhausting. But I won't let it get in the way of my sear…

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Articles

I Dated a “Therapist” Who Made Me Feel Anything But Safe Original

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By Ella Snyder
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I met Ducky* through Hinge in an effort to date more. I hadn’t gone on a date in over a year, and the idea of it was overwhelmingly daunting, but Ducky seemed like a safe choice for re-entry: He was a year older than me and his profile said that he was a therapist. I recognized him as the same guy who recently had slid into my Instagram DMs to ask me on a date as well. Persistent, I thought, admiring the eagerness of his interest.
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How I Found Pleasure In a New Body After Gender-Affirming Surgery Original

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By Ella Snyder
| Cosmopolitan Verified
Welcome to Ella and the City—a new column by Ella Snyder about what it’s like to date as a trans person in New York City today. Before my gender confirmation surgery (GCS), I never felt comfortable touching myself. Even washing my body in the shower, I’d fill with self-hatred acknowledging my groin area. My penis was never a sex organ to me—it was an unwanted appendage; something that simply didn’t feel right.
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I Thought I Was Asexual, Turns Out I Was Just Having Bad Sex Original

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By Ella Snyder
| Cosmopolitan Verified
Welcome to Ella and the City—a new column by Ella Snyder about what it’s like to date as a trans person in New York City today. In high school, most of my friends were having sex. I never felt horny, but I didn’t think I was necessarily asexual either—I did, after all, have parasocial relationships with both Harry Styles and Justin Bieber.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Interning at L’Officiel

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Sure,

How is social media changing news?

There’s a lot more misinformation now with social media and there’s a much greater volume of general noise available immediately at all times

Awards

DAZED 100 AWARD

2020