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Grace Byron is a writer from the Midwest based in Queens. Her writing has appeared in The Cut, Vogue, TeenVogue, Bookforum, and The Baffler among other outlets. Find her @emotrophywife. Her debut novel is forthcoming from Saga Press.

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The Bureaucratic Nightmares of Being Trans Under Trump

The Bureaucratic Nightmares of Being Trans Under Trump

The executive order banning Americans from self-identifying on their passports-which is part of a larger crac…

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The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us-or Kill Us All

The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us-or Kill Us All

What the Zizians, a trans vegan cult allegedly behind multiple murders, can teach us about radicalization and…

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Transness Gets Metaphorical in Torrey Peters's Stag Dance

Transness Gets Metaphorical in Torrey Peters's Stag Dance

In 'Stag Dance,' Torrey Peters seems to intentionally avoid writing into the 'trans experience.' She examines…

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Hagiography of a Narcissist: On J. D. Salinger

Hagiography of a Narcissist: On J. D. Salinger

A few years ago, I found “Hapworth 16, 1924” on the internet; I couldn’t bring myself to read it for some tim…

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Zooey Zephyr Wants to Do Right by Montana

Zooey Zephyr Wants to Do Right by Montana

In 2023, first-term State Rep. Zooey Zephyr became a household name when she was censured for fighting a gend…

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Imaginative Archives: On the Films of Jane Schoenbrun

Imaginative Archives: On the Films of Jane Schoenbrun

"I Saw the TV Glow" finds the director again using fictional cultural ephemera to construct worlds that recal…

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Trans Lives Should Matter While We’re Still Here

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By Grace Byron
| Vogue Verified
A few years ago, I briefly had a job ghostwriting obituaries for trans women who were victims of violent hate crimes. I will never forget reading about Josie Berrios, a trans woman burned alive by her boyfriend—the same one she called her “king.” Berrios should have lived far longer than 28 years. In the four years since her death, material conditions for trans women in the U.S. have only gotten worse.
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Desperate Living: Mortville in Revolt

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By Grace Byron, Jessica Kiang
| criterion.com
Essays— Jun 23, 2026 The only favor I ever asked of a twink was for tickets to see John Waters introduce two of his films. I was the sole trans filmmaker enrolled in my school’s program, and I felt it was my right to see the king of filth up close. That night, he climbed onstage wearing pinstripes, grinning ear to ear, and I could just make out his devilish pencil mustache. I was mesmerized watching him talk about the chaotic masterpieces being screened, Cecil B.
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‘New Skin’ Offers A Fresh Take On Body Horror

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By Grace Byron
| Defector Verified
In the era of looksmaxxing, plastic surgery, Botox, and Ozempic, it's impossible to escape the tyranny of good looks. Are beauty standards fascist? Is losing weight about giving in or being healthy? The endless overdetermined debates about the ethics of aesthetics continues to haunt us. Even as we chase Kant's sublime through facial symmetry, we struggle to justify and categorize the various forms of body modification and whether or not they are feminist.
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