Martha Madrigal
Bio
Trans Artivist/Writer/Humorist ~ co-host of “Full Circle (The Podcast) with Charles Tyson, Jr. & Martha Madrigal.” Rarely shuts up.
Stories (29/0)
The Republican Religionists Feel Emboldened (for now)
In some ways, I “othered” myself by coming out as trans. At least with my children and my family of origin, dwindling as it is. I highlighted yet another way we are not “the same” in this world. That shouldn’t be a problem, but of course, it is potentially mired by words like “deceived” and “liar.”
By Martha Madrigal2 years ago in Pride
Finding the Meaning in Life
I had a long catch-up visit with a Dear One yesterday, replete with lovely handmade gifts! This dear one makes the loveliest, softest, hand-crocheted scarves, and shares them generously. She’d sent us some for Christmas, along with delicious home-baked cookies. But she brought some this visit because the colors in the last batch weren’t so feminine. How sweet is that?
By Martha Madrigal2 years ago in Humans
More Than a Woman
If it sounds haughty to elevate my human status as “more than” anything, I get it. But I am learning to reassemble my internal dialog toward self-worth and self-respect. As other planet-sharers attempt to tell me what I am not, I become increasingly aware of the words I use with myself. So this is for Me and nobody else, but feel free to borrow anything that fits for you, too.
By Martha Madrigal2 years ago in Pride
Unstable Energy and Trust
We had the oddest interaction with a would-be filmmaker the other night. This “former addict” who claims to be six years clean, was, I am told, decidedly not clean when he approached a certain publicist just three years ago and told us on THIS call he’d just “had a Xanax” so he’s calm, anxiety in check. Um. That’s the drug he’s claiming to be clean from.
By Martha Madrigal2 years ago in Psyche
Comedy Has Slapped Me Around My Entire Life
I highly recommend Jerrod Carmichael’s new HBO Special, Rothaniel. It’s powerful. Much of what I have learned about racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, really all the “isms” — has come from first-person accounts that required a lot of vulnerability on the part of the storyteller. I found these accounts in person or literature, seldom, until much more recently, in film or on television. Carmichael gets raw and vulnerable and tells an important story so many can relate to.
By Martha Madrigal2 years ago in Pride
Cleaning Out the Basement
It is an enormous privilege to live in the house my father built with his own hands. I grew up here. I’ve cried at least as many tears here as anywhere. I escaped here at 22. And I came back here 33 or so years later, having married twice, raised two children, opened and closed my own business, bought and sold a house or two.
By Martha Madrigal2 years ago in Families
Turns Out, Lia Thomas Isn't Even THAT Fast...
Newsweek published an interesting article, serving up some interesting facts about Lia Thomas’ times. Republicans don’t suddenly care about women’s sports. They don’t suddenly care about fairness, either. But boy howdy are there otherwise rational people jumping on this opportunity to hate on a trans woman with impunity.
By Martha Madrigal2 years ago in Pride
It STILL Ain’t Pie
I have considered myself a feminist for the better part of my adult life. Hell, I was raised in a feminist household without even knowing it. There were no gender-assigned tasks beyond the fact that my father did the heavy yard work, but he also crocheted and baked bread and hung laundry on the clothesline. Prolly more often than my mother did. Mine was the only mother on our street who worked full time. Maybe the only one who worked outside the home at all.
By Martha Madrigal2 years ago in Pride