Finn Schubert

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Catch the Letdown

They say a manual pump will help me catch the letdown— the milk that seeps from the other breast when my baby suckles, milk I catch now in a blue cloth I drape over his body, then toss in the wash. They say if I catch the letdown, maybe I

Five Metaphors Activity

The "Five Whys" is an approach in which you ask and answer a "Why?" question five times to try to get at the root cause for a situation you'd like to address. It's used extensively in quality improvement in healthcare and other

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Being Trans at Naked Night Taught Me About Belonging

I went to the naked party to see people’s dicks, not hear people’s stories. But sometimes things don’t turn out the way you’d expect. I can’t say what I was expecting when I saw that a gay bar I’d been to a few times

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There Are No Rules for a Pregnant Trans Body

On learning to be a pregnant man in public.

In an old photo, a man shown upside-down on a bicycle as he rides through a loop-the-loop stunt course.

Against the Linear Narrative of Pregnancy

The shapes we give our stories matter.

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Containment

Menstrual products, chest binders, and power.

Naked Night

“You’re so brave,” says the white-haired old bear, because I’m standing here naked with everyone’s dick swinging below their vodka soda. “What a journey.” He says he’s never seen a body like mine except in porn, then smiles: “You’ve got balls, kiddo.” This happens all