Shawndra Quinn

Shawndra Quinn

@shawndra.northsky.social

Monogamously married lesbian trans woman. Mostly, I post about trans stuff, games, hobbies, and comics. And way more selfies than I used to, now that I actually like my face. She/her.

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Feels about time for a new pinned post! I'm Shawndra, and this account has mostly become about my transition journey. Although I still post some nerdy hobby stuff now and again. Here's some posts that are important to me:

If you follow me and somehow you still haven't read my favorite piece of transgender literature, this is the perfect time. Get it on sale, support a lovely author who could really use the money, and find out what the fuss is all about. An all-around win. ๐Ÿ’œ

Aftertaste is on sale for up to 60% off today until October 31st. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐˜† $๐Ÿฑ on Itch for the ebook: emoriaweidner.itch.io/aftertaste-a... Save on the print edition too: www.pastitch.com/aftertaste-a... It's "a dark, beautiful, and ultimately life-affirming piece of art" - @setna1312.northsky.social

Feels about time for a new pinned post! I'm Shawndra, and this account has mostly become about my transition journey. Although I still post some nerdy hobby stuff now and again. Here's some posts that are important to me:

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I've just got one more thread to "bookmark" for now, but I might add more later. Going way, way back in my journey, this is one of my favorite stories from my younger days, and I'm super glad I still have all the photos. As they say, there were signs.

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Halloween 2003, the first time I dressed femme. My girlfriend at the time convinced me to do it; I believe the skirt and boots were hers, we bought the rest specifically for this. The boobs were definitely water balloons. She did my makeup.

Anyway, for now (until I tack more posts onto the end of this later) thank you for reading, thanks for being here. If you're questioning your own gender, or just curious about something, feel free to drop me a DM. My transition is my favorite thing to talk about.

Feels about time for a new pinned post! I'm Shawndra, and this account has mostly become about my transition journey. Although I still post some nerdy hobby stuff now and again. Here's some posts that are important to me:

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Honestly, if you want to read the bit where I'm still in denial and they're telling me "but you could be so much happier" (and goodness they were right) it's probably easiest to start here and try to parse through some of the replies from there:

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โ˜บ๏ธ Thank you both. I don't think DMs are necessary at this point. I think I say egg at this point mostly as a joke, closeted is probably more accurate. If someone knows, they're no longer really an egg, right? ๐Ÿ˜… The people I'm closest to already know.

Feels about time for a new pinned post! I'm Shawndra, and this account has mostly become about my transition journey. Although I still post some nerdy hobby stuff now and again. Here's some posts that are important to me:

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I changed my profile to something like "Probable egg, but not ready to do anything about that yet." I was scared, nervous about the upcoming election and not sure if this was when I wanted to come out. Hence, Togepi era. My egg was cracked, but I was still just kinda sitting in it. Existing.

This is the post that changed all that. It was just meant to be a quippy reply to a meme, but some wonderful ladies in the comments (after a long and difficult conversation) finally convinced me to make the leap. I'm so glad they did. This thread can be a little hard to follow. ๐Ÿ˜…

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Oh that's easy, it's because I followed a bunch of trans women. Because I was, uh, interested to hear their perspectives.

Feels about time for a new pinned post! I'm Shawndra, and this account has mostly become about my transition journey. Although I still post some nerdy hobby stuff now and again. Here's some posts that are important to me:

First up, this used to be my pinned post on the old website, and was my pinned post here for a long while. Most of it turned out not to be true, upon further self-reflection, but it was a step in my journey, so I want to preserve it.

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I decided to finally port over my pinned post from my various other socials here. It appears you can't pin posts here, but there should be enough characters in my bio to link to it, so that should suffice? This is mostly copy/pasted from a post I made about two years ago on that other site.๐Ÿงต

Next is what, looking back, I consider my true egg-crack moment, and the start of what I call my "Togepi era." It's silly, but reading this test result is what took me from "I'm genderfluid, probably about 50/50, maybe a little femme-leaning" to "maybe I'm actually just fully a woman."

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Heck, I didn't think it was that extreme. www.idrlabs.com/gender/test....

So it's been almost 48 hours since I shaved. I'm at the point in my laser growth cycle where it's a bit hard to tell, but *I* can tell. But I needed to run to the grocery store, and didn't really have time to prep. So I went out without shaving or makeup, which is something I basically don't do.

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I obviously can't know for sure, but it *felt* like I legitimately passed. Something in his tone and manner just didn't feel... artificially corrected, you know? And that just feels amazing.

I was feeling insecure about my appearance and I'm also very insecure about my voice, but after seeing and hearing me, dude was still like "Yup, that's a woman, this is the way to address her."

So it's been almost 48 hours since I shaved. I'm at the point in my laser growth cycle where it's a bit hard to tell, but *I* can tell. But I needed to run to the grocery store, and didn't really have time to prep. So I went out without shaving or makeup, which is something I basically don't do.

Well, I was in the grocery store, grabbed some strawberries, and I also wanted to get blueberries, but there was an old man restocking who was kinda in the way. So I asked politely if he could hand me a couple of them and he said "Yes ma'am."

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"2026's book of the year" @daisygeekytgirl.northsky.social "My book of the year, 10/10" @drsurgeonguy.bsky.social "A masterpiece" @miguelita64.bsky.social "An abundance of trans joy, enforced at knife point" @gravitygales.bsky.social

"Dysphoria has really fucked your brain, hasn't it?" Aftertaste, my trans coming-of-age romance with teeth, is available now both in print and ebook. How much damage will Simon do to bury his own heart? It's A Toxic Yuri about surviving yourself. www.pastitch.com/aftertaste-a...

A bunch of wonderful women on this website finally convinced me that the improvement to my quality of life would be worth the risks and discomfort. They were absolutely 100% right. This rules. I've never felt this good. And it was less uncomfortable and risky than I expected.

Why did you transition? Right answers only

I'm really excited about this one. My idea submission was to take something that really happened to me, and use it as loose inspiration for a bit of fiction. The fiction isn't about me or telling the story of what actually happened to me, but just taking the same vague concept and running with it.

October's free flash fiction! This idea submitted by my generous patron @shawndra.northsky.social You can join, get exclusive preview chapters of my new novel ๐Ÿ‘งโฌ‡๏ธ๐ŸงŠ, and more, over at Patreon.com/emoriaweidner Three Halloweens in Her Mirror begins below.๐Ÿงต

If you're curious about the real events that loosely inspired this story, I made a thread a while ago (with photos!) here:

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Halloween 2003, the first time I dressed femme. My girlfriend at the time convinced me to do it; I believe the skirt and boots were hers, we bought the rest specifically for this. The boobs were definitely water balloons. She did my makeup.

Finally got to meet my lovely friend @miguelita64.bsky.social in person today! We had a blast getting a sushi lunch, going clothes shopping, then visiting the local Asian grocery store for some snacks and drinks, and finally showing them where I work. Such a wonderful day. ๐Ÿ’œ

I'm no stranger to bra bags; my wife has hEDS and all the bending and lifting involved in laundry means that's a me chore. But today is the first time I've ever used a bra bag for *my own* bras. Bras I wear. They aren't her bra bags anymore, they're our bra bags now.

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Looking for a Halloween read? My novel, Aftertaste, is a sweet and life-affirming trans coming-of-age story! Anyway, for some reason, it also provoked the attached responses. Not sure why! #halloween #booksky #writesky #trans #lgbt

"Dysphoria has really fucked your brain, hasn't it?" Aftertaste, my trans coming-of-age romance with teeth, is available now both in print and ebook. How much damage will Simon do to bury his own heart? It's A Toxic Yuri about surviving yourself. www.pastitch.com/aftertaste-a...

Heard a sharp, unmistakable wolf-whistle in the parking lot on my way out of work. Whipped around thinking "Holy shit, is some stranger being *that* stereotypically flirty? With me? How do I respond to that...?"

Okay, but seriously, can you imagine someone having their egg cracked by a fortune cookie? If any short story writers want to take that idea and run with it, have fun! Would he hella embarrassing to have it happen that way in real life, though.

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You're too late, fortune cookie. Someone already convinced me to try estrogen using this exact logic, like, 10 1/2 months ago.

I think it's important to note that I picked a no-makeup selfie for this. That's just my face now. I roll out of bed looking that pretty. Okay maybe I didn't grin as much when I am just rolling out of bed, but... You get it. ๐Ÿ˜…

I'm very excited for this. ๐Ÿ˜ My favorite piece of trans literature, now in my favorite format for enjoying literature. I can't wait!

Folks I am so THRILLED to officially announce that the FABULOUS @lizzyrosevo.bsky.social is hard at work recording the audiobook edition of Aftertaste. Subscribers to my Patreon can hear the first chapter right now - I'm sure you'll all agree she knocks it out of the fucking park!