From Bleed-Throughs, February 19, 2014.
All three parts of “Shadow Manifesto” ended up following the scope of my romantic relationship with my friend merritt kopas, who I was dating at the time. Dating merritt marked the first time I’d really dated another trans woman, for more than a couple of dates. I hadn’t dated anyone for almost a year at the time, following a fucked up experience I had in spring 2013.