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	<description>following the muse hither, thither and yon</description>
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		<title>Tangible Artifacts: The Unicorn Horn</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/05/21/tangible-artifacts-the-unicorn-horn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good story has the power to change the world. Take the case of the unicorn: elusive yet ever present, the it has tantalized the hearts and minds of the Western world for over 2,000 years.  It appears in the Bible, in art, myth and story, and was, until the seventeenth century, considered to be <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/05/21/tangible-artifacts-the-unicorn-horn/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conversations on Passing</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/05/17/conversations-on-passing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 04:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t see why you don&#8217;t pass.&#8221; I hate this statement. I said it a couple of weeks ago to a friend when they made a comment about their not passing, and as soon as I said it I internally smacked myself. I hate it when people say it to me; why, even if meant <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/05/17/conversations-on-passing/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A queer leather Beltane</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/05/05/a-queer-leather-beltane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 23:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bdsm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beltane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kinky Canon of Saints]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual practices, when most relevant to us, intersect with all aspects of our being. Beltane, as a welcoming of spring and the earth&#8217;s fertility as she wakes from her winter slumber, often celebrates humans as sexual creatures. This particular rite, written by boy bill, invites us all to come as we are, in the complexity <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/05/05/a-queer-leather-beltane/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>When the animals come out to play</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/04/20/when-the-animals-come-out-to-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rope]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This photo shoot was pure fun!  Jenn, an experienced rope top, made the model&#8217;s first experience being tied up a joy, with lots of giggles and stuffed animals.  We all enjoyed the opportunity to interact with the bears and puppies, and imagine our astonishment when they took over towards the end of the shoot &#8211; <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/04/20/when-the-animals-come-out-to-play/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visibly Masculine: Vulnerability</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/04/05/visibly-masculine-vulnerability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I went on a first date with a guy.  Things were going well; we had good conversation over coffee, moved to another locale for a bite to eat, checked out a local gallery&#8230; it was good stuff. The innuendo was coming fast and heavy, and it was fairly obvious that there would <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/04/05/visibly-masculine-vulnerability/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming a Man (Or: Where do you look when you have come to a masuline identity through the back door?)</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/04/02/becoming-a-man-or-where-do-you-look-when-you-have-come-to-a-masuline-identity-through-the-back-door/</link>
		<comments>http://thisnik.com/2013/04/02/becoming-a-man-or-where-do-you-look-when-you-have-come-to-a-masuline-identity-through-the-back-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fair warning: you may disagree with what I have to say here, and you may be pissed of by it. Or you may agree &#8211; but either way, I would deeply appreciate hearing what you have to say &#8211; if you are into dialogue. If you&#8217;re going to call people names, not listen, or not <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/04/02/becoming-a-man-or-where-do-you-look-when-you-have-come-to-a-masuline-identity-through-the-back-door/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just Keep Spin, Spin, Spinning: Queering Spinoza</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/03/20/just-keep-spin-spin-spinning-queering-spinoza/</link>
		<comments>http://thisnik.com/2013/03/20/just-keep-spin-spin-spinning-queering-spinoza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Queerness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Treatise on Love We are all manifestations of God’s love. This was Spinoza’s operating principle, and with this, he articulated a thread of commonality that is complimentary to the primary virtue of queer theory, which values every person’s experience, no matter how different they are. In this paper, I will briefly explore the ways <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/03/20/just-keep-spin-spin-spinning-queering-spinoza/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Body in Transition: 2002-2013</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/03/13/body-in-transition-2002-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This video is a photo documentation of my medical transition from 2002 &#8211; when I first realized that there was something up with my body (though I didn&#8217;t know what at the time) clear through to February 2013, three months post-top surgery. I never really thought I&#8217;d be here typing this; it&#8217;s both scary and <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/03/13/body-in-transition-2002-2013/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Lies We Tell</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/02/26/the-lies-we-tell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every time I have to hand over my ID to someone, I get a little nervous.  Not just because my gender marker doesn&#8217;t match my gender presentation, but because of my name.  I like my name -  a lot.  I should, since I picked it. The thing is that every single time someone looks at <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/02/26/the-lies-we-tell/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>And instead, I write about unicorns.</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/02/22/and-instead-i-write-about-unicorns/</link>
		<comments>http://thisnik.com/2013/02/22/and-instead-i-write-about-unicorns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I like unicorns. Who doesn&#8217;t? They&#8217;re magical, their horns possess healing powers, and they poop rainbows.  What could possibly be wrong with unicorns? I can even tell you about the first documented case of the unicorn myth for Western minds (Ctesias of Cnidus, 398 BCE), how it came to stand as a symbol of purity, <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/02/22/and-instead-i-write-about-unicorns/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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