"Purposeful Art for Passionate People" has been my artistic motto for more than 2 years. When I first started selling my art as a grad-school sidehustle it was supposed to be just that, a secondary way to have income from doing what I love. The reality is that lately I have been putting all of my eggs into this basket because jobs in my field aren't widely available right now and for various reasons I am having to rely heavily on my art for income. My art is advocacy for myself and others. It...

A few weeks ago on The Affirming Practice Podcast, my co-host Bob and I did an episode on "blind-isms"—like colorblind racism—but applied to a range of systemic oppressions. These "-isms" allow people to escape the guilt of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and more, but they don't erase the impact. In reality, we see race, class, gender, sex, ability, and sexual orientation because our societies won't allow us not to. The systems on which our societies run are embedded so deeply into our...

Welcome to a blog where the answers to your questions depend on so many factors we cannot fathom them all. I'm Dr. Casey Anne Brimmer and I'm here to help you navigate the big, sometimes intimidating questions about identity, gender, and living life together, with a little more grace, and a lot less fear. If you are caring enough to try, to keep trying, to be willing to be wrong, or bad at something, to be corrected on occasion (in varying degrees of gentleness), that makes a difference, and...