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Trousers
Julia suggested me to put on a pair of trousers today to go to work. Normally I never do that, but a woman should be able to wear pants, right? Women have been struggling for the right to do that for many years. Well, that may be true, but it does ot feel right for [...]
Jubilee
My former colleague W. celebrated 25 years of working for the Philips company and Julia and I were invited for the reception on the Philips premises. It took me a bit of getting used to to be there once again!Of course I met a lot of former colleagues, including the project leader who made my [...]
Speech therapy or operation?
My speech therapist has sent me information about the latest method of changing your voice through an operation. It is no longer necessary to cut in the vocal chords, because you voice can be tuned like a guitar by changing the orientation of two tiny bones in your throat. Today we have discussed this possibility. [...]
Student
Today’s visit to the skin therapist was a bit of a mess. Eefje had asked me if I would mind if a student would be present on this appointment. Well, I didn’t see any problem in that of course. But who called me into the therapy room? The student! But told me to lay down [...]
60 hairs less
Electrolysis again. I’d better get used to it, because this will be a weekly chore for me for a year, maybe longer. But how much progress do we make each time? I have tried to count the hairs that were removed today. It must have been about 60.Some of these stupid hairs simply refuse to [...]
The little giantess and the Elephant
The French theatre group Royal de Luxe visited Calais on September 28th, 29th, 30th and October 1st with their show “The visit of the Sultan of the Indiens on his elephant that can travel trough time”.My friend A. had taken more than 100 pictures of their performance in Calais and she also told me the [...]
Presentation about laser hair removal
Today my skin therapist, Eefje Wouters, visited our monthly T&T-evening.; Julia and I arranged this contact, because we thought many visitors at the T&T-evening; might be interested in laser hair removal. Fortunately we were right: There were about thirty people who came into the room to see her presentation. Eefje had brought a very nice [...]
Electrolysis
Today it was time for my first electrolysis session: Removing facial hair with the aid of electric current. This is said to be an extremely painful procedure and although I know I can handle some pain I have to admit I was quite nervous again.They take one hair at a time in a pair of [...]
Final Column
Tonight my forty-ninth column was broadcast in Gendertalk #578. Unfortunately this will be my final column for now. The Gendertalk staff have decided they need to stop broadcasting at least for the winter season. What will happen after that remains to be seen. The final episode of Gendertalk is a sad occasion of course, but [...]