Author: Dae

Dae is a chemical engineering graduate student who aspires to become a mad scientist, but is prepared to settle for being a professor. Her extracurricular academic interests are an ever-shifting list, but currently include temperament psychology, philosophy, transhumanism, and pre-modern literature. She identifies as a bisexual cis-woman, as well as a feminist, humanist, atheist, and roleplaying game enthusiast.

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AI: Personal Lexicons

By Dae

In Afternoon Inqueery

On January 24, 2013

Every time I visit my family, I end up having at least one long one-on-one chat with my younger brother, and I always end up wondering just how comprehensible that conversation would be to other people listening in. (My brother and I speak a variant of Sibling that is two parts philosophical terms, one part […]

Bisexuality , Featured , Pansexuality

Myths and Misconceptions about Bisexuality (or, “What not to say to your bisexual acquaintances”): Part 2

By Dae

On January 20, 2013

This is the second part of two; the first half was posted yesterday. 5. “You’re just doing it/saying that for attention.” This is something of a sub-myth to 2 and 3, but it gets its own spot

Bisexuality , Pansexuality

Myths and Misconceptions about Bisexuality (or, “What not to say to your bisexual acquaintances”): Part 1

By Dae

On January 19, 2013

There are a lot of things I am going to say in this article that I hope will generally be met with a resounding “duh,” but that repeated experience has shown me aren’t nearly as obvi

AI: Identity, Attachment, Pride

By Dae

In Afternoon Inqueery

On January 15, 2013

There have been a few occurrences in the last year-ish that have had me thinking more and more about what parts of my identity I think about the most, am the most proud of, and most want others to recognize. One example of this was a conversation with a professor about being openly queer in […]

Gay , Gender , Sex & Sexuality

I Know it When I Experience It

By Dae

On December 20, 2012

So, the UK government is working through the necessary legal contortions to achieve marriage equality (yay!), and of course opponents are falling all over themselves trying to come up with ways to pre

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