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Femulating Times Three
Corey Rae as a “Hollywood Socialite,” Halloween, circa 1995To Be Costumed or Not Be Costumed Dept.“If you haven’t yet transitioned—or even come ‘out’ as transgender—Halloween is a great night to test...
View ArticleGhost of Payless
Christian Siriano for Payless Women's Habit Pointed PumpMe and a lot of Femulate readers miss the recently departed Payless shoe store. Their prices were reasonable, their styles diverse and they had...
View ArticleReal RLE
Real-life experience (RLE) is a process where transsexual and transgender people live full-time in their preferred gender identity for a period of time, in order to demonstrate that they can function...
View ArticleTale of Two Dresses
It was a dark and stormy afternoon. I held my breath every time I heard a gust of wind outdoors anticipating a power outage. Thousands lost power in Connecticut, but I lucked out. Nothing was going to...
View ArticleA Jane Fonda Night
Thursday afternoon, I drove to my daughter’s apartment in Hartford to attend Real Art Ways’ monthly Creative Cocktail Hour. The cocktail hour began at 6 PM, but I left home at 3:45 because the weather...
View ArticleUnfair
Hometown, not ProvincetownI just realized Sunday afternoon that Fantasia Fair is this week.In the past, I looked forward to attending or I was a Sad Sack because I was not attending. In either case, I...
View ArticleKnowing Smiles
By Paula Gaikowski, Contributing EditorOne of the good things about being 60 years old is that you have an overabundance of life experiences to draw on for self-counseling and for writing in Femulate....
View ArticleThe Non-Civilians
In my previous post, the Femulator slot featured Mr. Phillips, a Colorado Springs high school teacher, who showed up at a school Halloween function dressed to pass. He looked very convincing, perhaps...
View ArticleBlast from the Past
Halloween 2012 was the first of five-in-a-row appearances at work en femme and it almost did not happen. Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast the day before. As a result, we lost power and I shelved my...
View ArticleHalloween Washout
I had no plans for Halloween.Nothing was going on at my former workplace, so there was no reason to go there. And the weather was supposed to be lousy ("Chance of precipitation is 90%”). I did not feel...
View ArticleSomeday Funnies
Wearing ModClothBenito Skinner and Terrence O'Connor femulate Kylie and Kendell Jenner at Heid Klum’s 2019 Halloween party.
View ArticleWorn-Out Workshops
2013 True Colors Conference presenterA friend returned from Fantasia Fair and reported that her workshop had only two attendees. Been there, done that.Over the years, I’ve conducted about 25 workshops...
View Articleyadda yadda yadda
I use "yadda yadda yadda” as a placeholder for the blog’s text when I am putting the blog together, but I am still lacking the text.When I start a new blog post, I often have images already in mind for...
View ArticleTV TV
My previous post about Jerry Seinfeld’s fear of trying on a dress got me thinking about TV on TV and me. Whereas crossdressing is very common on TV these days, during my formative years, TV on TV was...
View ArticleJosephine, Daphne and Me
At the end of my previous post about my first crossdressing sightings on TV, I wrote, “Then there was the first television broadcast of Some Like It Hot and all hell broke loose in my little world!”I’m...
View ArticleMy Magic Skirt
By Penny from EdinburghI have a magic skirt.I found her in the wonderfully named Mary’s Living and Giving Shop, a boutique charity shop, a sort of thrift, in Stockbridge on the edge of Edinburgh’s...
View ArticleSomeday Funnies
Wearing Ann TaylorGloria from Pennsylvania circa 1961: A Woman from Transvestia Magazine
View ArticleFemulating Friday
What’s New Dept.A week ago, a new computer arrived at Femulate headquarters and I have been busy setting it up. That is the reason there have been no new posts here since Sunday.The old computer was...
View ArticleSomeday Funnies
Wearing Ann TaylorAudrey from New Jersey circa 1960, a Transvestia Magazine girl
View ArticleAll men will wear dresses
Palomo menswear collection, Fall-Winter 2019The British edition of GQ magazine published an article titled “What will men wear in 2048?” by Teo Van den Broeke. What follows is an interesting excerpt...
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