We got one!
(This is a message one of my boys in the basement book club.)
(Sadly, it's cropped in such a way to sound more like an egg crack than it is. Despite everything, they are all still just boys three books deep.)
#DorleyPosting
(This is a message one of my boys in the basement book club.)
(Sadly, it's cropped in such a way to sound more like an egg crack than it is. Despite everything, they are all still just boys three books deep.)
#DorleyPosting
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We got one!
(This is a message one of my boys in the basement book club.)
(Sadly, it's cropped in such a way to sound more like an egg crack than it is. Despite everything, they are all still just boys three books deep.)
#DorleyPosting
(This is a message one of my boys in the basement book club.)
(Sadly, it's cropped in such a way to sound more like an egg crack than it is. Despite everything, they are all still just boys three books deep.)
#DorleyPosting
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The temptation to send them "Don't Feminize Me Before My Morning Coffee" mugs for Christmas was high, but my spouse talked me out of it.
Lord only knows what THEIR wives think of me at this point. Maybe I need to do a cishet women's basement book club next year.
#DorleyPosting
Lord only knows what THEIR wives think of me at this point. Maybe I need to do a cishet women's basement book club next year.
#DorleyPosting
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The temptation to send them "Don't Feminize Me Before My Morning Coffee" mugs for Christmas was high, but my spouse talked me out of it.
Lord only knows what THEIR wives think of me at this point. Maybe I need to do a cishet women's basement book club next year.
#DorleyPosting
Lord only knows what THEIR wives think of me at this point. Maybe I need to do a cishet women's basement book club next year.
#DorleyPosting
I just said "Fuck you, I got castrated for that potato!" and the cishet boys in the book club laughed very hard, so suffice to say, they also love the second years in Dorley as much as I do.
They're adapting to trans (generic and Dorley specific) humor very quickly.
#DorleyPosting
They're adapting to trans (generic and Dorley specific) humor very quickly.
#DorleyPosting
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I just said "Fuck you, I got castrated for that potato!" and the cishet boys in the book club laughed very hard, so suffice to say, they also love the second years in Dorley as much as I do.
They're adapting to trans (generic and Dorley specific) humor very quickly.
#DorleyPosting
They're adapting to trans (generic and Dorley specific) humor very quickly.
#DorleyPosting
I'm 10% through the Dorley series, around when should I start Dorleyposting?
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm 10% through the Dorley series, around when should I start Dorleyposting?
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This week's Dorley Basement Book Club, I get to teach the boys what a chaser is.
Wish me luck.
#DorleyPosting
Wish me luck.
#DorleyPosting
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This week's Dorley Basement Book Club, I get to teach the boys what a chaser is.
Wish me luck.
#DorleyPosting
Wish me luck.
#DorleyPosting
I have never waivered in my conviction when it comes to the cishet guys in the Dorley Basement Book Club, but one of them just listed this as his favorite mug and it definitely... surprised me:
Great hair ✓
A winning smile ✓
Balls ✕
…Two out of three ain’t bad!
#DorleyPosting
Great hair ✓
A winning smile ✓
Balls ✕
…Two out of three ain’t bad!
#DorleyPosting
October 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I have never waivered in my conviction when it comes to the cishet guys in the Dorley Basement Book Club, but one of them just listed this as his favorite mug and it definitely... surprised me:
Great hair ✓
A winning smile ✓
Balls ✕
…Two out of three ain’t bad!
#DorleyPosting
Great hair ✓
A winning smile ✓
Balls ✕
…Two out of three ain’t bad!
#DorleyPosting
Thought that was Aaron from Secrets of Dorley for a moment there. #DorleyPosting
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Thought that was Aaron from Secrets of Dorley for a moment there. #DorleyPosting
Feeling called out by the section where they talk about how a certain type of trans girl always ends up with a plant name.
Fuck you, Mint is a delightful AND refreshing name.
(Not actually angry. Should be read playfully. Also, delightfully and refreshingly. Never been so attacked)
#DorleyPosting
Fuck you, Mint is a delightful AND refreshing name.
(Not actually angry. Should be read playfully. Also, delightfully and refreshingly. Never been so attacked)
#DorleyPosting
October 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Feeling called out by the section where they talk about how a certain type of trans girl always ends up with a plant name.
Fuck you, Mint is a delightful AND refreshing name.
(Not actually angry. Should be read playfully. Also, delightfully and refreshingly. Never been so attacked)
#DorleyPosting
Fuck you, Mint is a delightful AND refreshing name.
(Not actually angry. Should be read playfully. Also, delightfully and refreshingly. Never been so attacked)
#DorleyPosting
As someone who leveraged her Dorleyposting into a hosting spot on a whole entire podcast, I feel like I know what I'm talking about here.
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As someone who leveraged her Dorleyposting into a hosting spot on a whole entire podcast, I feel like I know what I'm talking about here.
non-zero chance it won't be the end of the dorleyposting
October 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
non-zero chance it won't be the end of the dorleyposting
October 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Strong "Wait, did you think a sweatshop is where they make sweat pants??" energy from Aaron in tonight's Dorley reading.
#DorleyPosting
#DorleyPosting
October 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Strong "Wait, did you think a sweatshop is where they make sweat pants??" energy from Aaron in tonight's Dorley reading.
#DorleyPosting
#DorleyPosting
I was curious how the boys in the basement would take "Everything Must Go."
It probably speaks to their empathy that they're all finding it extremely hard. I was worried it would leave me gutted as a trans girl but barely dent the cishet guys. They seem shaken up, too, thankfully.
#DorleyPosting
It probably speaks to their empathy that they're all finding it extremely hard. I was worried it would leave me gutted as a trans girl but barely dent the cishet guys. They seem shaken up, too, thankfully.
#DorleyPosting
October 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I was curious how the boys in the basement would take "Everything Must Go."
It probably speaks to their empathy that they're all finding it extremely hard. I was worried it would leave me gutted as a trans girl but barely dent the cishet guys. They seem shaken up, too, thankfully.
#DorleyPosting
It probably speaks to their empathy that they're all finding it extremely hard. I was worried it would leave me gutted as a trans girl but barely dent the cishet guys. They seem shaken up, too, thankfully.
#DorleyPosting
Dorley is not a YA series, but of course the author of Magic's Pawn has always been a little alarmed at 13 year old kids reading it and calling it YA. But as a teenager, if I'd read "Everything Must Go," it would have been the very first time in my entire life that I ever felt seen.
#DorleyPosting
#DorleyPosting
October 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Dorley is not a YA series, but of course the author of Magic's Pawn has always been a little alarmed at 13 year old kids reading it and calling it YA. But as a teenager, if I'd read "Everything Must Go," it would have been the very first time in my entire life that I ever felt seen.
#DorleyPosting
#DorleyPosting
Much as "Everything Must Go" wrecked me, it's the reason Secrets of Dorley could end up as one of my all-time favorite books.
I'm breaking ranks and saying that Faye and Bex were my favorites from this one. I needed their happy distraction after those two chapters.
#DorleyPosting
I'm breaking ranks and saying that Faye and Bex were my favorites from this one. I needed their happy distraction after those two chapters.
#DorleyPosting
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Much as "Everything Must Go" wrecked me, it's the reason Secrets of Dorley could end up as one of my all-time favorite books.
I'm breaking ranks and saying that Faye and Bex were my favorites from this one. I needed their happy distraction after those two chapters.
#DorleyPosting
I'm breaking ranks and saying that Faye and Bex were my favorites from this one. I needed their happy distraction after those two chapters.
#DorleyPosting
Secrets of Dorley complete! "Everything Needs a Body" is the first chapter of Enemies of Dorley for anyone who realized AO3's Save as Ebook button doesn't give you chapter numbers.
Waiting on the basement boys to catch up. The slowest reader just started "Everything Must Go."
#DorleyPosting
Waiting on the basement boys to catch up. The slowest reader just started "Everything Must Go."
#DorleyPosting
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Secrets of Dorley complete! "Everything Needs a Body" is the first chapter of Enemies of Dorley for anyone who realized AO3's Save as Ebook button doesn't give you chapter numbers.
Waiting on the basement boys to catch up. The slowest reader just started "Everything Must Go."
#DorleyPosting
Waiting on the basement boys to catch up. The slowest reader just started "Everything Must Go."
#DorleyPosting
I should add that I've always wanted to believe that everyone can change and grow and reform. Like Fox Mulder, I want to believe, and I take action as though that is the case.
But Aaron's breakthrough/breakdown made me realize that deep down inside, I did not believe it was possible
#DorleyPosting
But Aaron's breakthrough/breakdown made me realize that deep down inside, I did not believe it was possible
#DorleyPosting
October 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I should add that I've always wanted to believe that everyone can change and grow and reform. Like Fox Mulder, I want to believe, and I take action as though that is the case.
But Aaron's breakthrough/breakdown made me realize that deep down inside, I did not believe it was possible
#DorleyPosting
But Aaron's breakthrough/breakdown made me realize that deep down inside, I did not believe it was possible
#DorleyPosting
Anyways, I guess I've seen toxic men as an unfixable constant before now, but I guess I'm coming around to Dorley's view on the matter. So many trans women these past few chapters, it's nice to remember why we're here: to fix men and inspire questionable coffee mugs.
#DorleyPosting
#DorleyPosting
October 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Anyways, I guess I've seen toxic men as an unfixable constant before now, but I guess I'm coming around to Dorley's view on the matter. So many trans women these past few chapters, it's nice to remember why we're here: to fix men and inspire questionable coffee mugs.
#DorleyPosting
#DorleyPosting
They make me feel unsafe in a way that lingers even now. I've never tried to fix one. I've never seen one reform. They act like victims if you say you feel unsafe because of what they did and tell you that you're overreacting.
So Aaron finally seeing it hit me in a weird way.
#DorleyPosting
So Aaron finally seeing it hit me in a weird way.
#DorleyPosting
October 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
They make me feel unsafe in a way that lingers even now. I've never tried to fix one. I've never seen one reform. They act like victims if you say you feel unsafe because of what they did and tell you that you're overreacting.
So Aaron finally seeing it hit me in a weird way.
#DorleyPosting
So Aaron finally seeing it hit me in a weird way.
#DorleyPosting
Weirdly the chapter after Everything Must Go also hit me kinda hard. I didn't realize how much I've treated toxic men as... bad luck? Acts of God? Like hurricanes or illness where you can try to avoid them but you can't change or fix them. Immutable evil.
Subconsciously, I mean.
#DorleyPosting
Subconsciously, I mean.
#DorleyPosting
October 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Weirdly the chapter after Everything Must Go also hit me kinda hard. I didn't realize how much I've treated toxic men as... bad luck? Acts of God? Like hurricanes or illness where you can try to avoid them but you can't change or fix them. Immutable evil.
Subconsciously, I mean.
#DorleyPosting
Subconsciously, I mean.
#DorleyPosting
Shout out to me for scheduling an appointment with my trans therapist for the day after I read the "Everything Must Go" chapter. Gonna have to talk fast today to cover everything I'm still feeling this morning.
#DorleyPosting
#DorleyPosting
The "Everything Must Go" chapter of Dorley probably messed me up more than anything I've read in years. Fuck, wow.
Is cis lit just bad? Am I just too trans to relate to cis experiences? Maybe cis writers are just terrible.
Gonna wash my face with cold water and go for a walk. Fuck.
#DorleyPosting
Is cis lit just bad? Am I just too trans to relate to cis experiences? Maybe cis writers are just terrible.
Gonna wash my face with cold water and go for a walk. Fuck.
#DorleyPosting
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Shout out to me for scheduling an appointment with my trans therapist for the day after I read the "Everything Must Go" chapter. Gonna have to talk fast today to cover everything I'm still feeling this morning.
#DorleyPosting
#DorleyPosting
The "Everything Must Go" chapter of Dorley probably messed me up more than anything I've read in years. Fuck, wow.
Is cis lit just bad? Am I just too trans to relate to cis experiences? Maybe cis writers are just terrible.
Gonna wash my face with cold water and go for a walk. Fuck.
#DorleyPosting
Is cis lit just bad? Am I just too trans to relate to cis experiences? Maybe cis writers are just terrible.
Gonna wash my face with cold water and go for a walk. Fuck.
#DorleyPosting
October 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The "Everything Must Go" chapter of Dorley probably messed me up more than anything I've read in years. Fuck, wow.
Is cis lit just bad? Am I just too trans to relate to cis experiences? Maybe cis writers are just terrible.
Gonna wash my face with cold water and go for a walk. Fuck.
#DorleyPosting
Is cis lit just bad? Am I just too trans to relate to cis experiences? Maybe cis writers are just terrible.
Gonna wash my face with cold water and go for a walk. Fuck.
#DorleyPosting
Amazed at how much Aaron has grown on the boys in the basement (book club). At least one is shipping Stef and Aaron.
Also, lest you think I'm not being punished for my sins, the boys have started making Dorley-style puns.
#DorleyPosting
Also, lest you think I'm not being punished for my sins, the boys have started making Dorley-style puns.
#DorleyPosting
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Amazed at how much Aaron has grown on the boys in the basement (book club). At least one is shipping Stef and Aaron.
Also, lest you think I'm not being punished for my sins, the boys have started making Dorley-style puns.
#DorleyPosting
Also, lest you think I'm not being punished for my sins, the boys have started making Dorley-style puns.
#DorleyPosting