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Out at Work

November 14th, 2011

Jay Frosting

Ashley celebrates her first week presenting as her gender full-time, with warm words and open arms from her coworkers, a more comfortable wardrobe (as well as a new laptop bag), and some entirely unremarkable bathroom visits. She and Jay also talk about how it’s been different carrying around one’s day-to-day items in a purse rather than a wallet nestled in one’s back pockets (or, in Jay’s case, a messenger bag).

Ashley recounts some early shopping trips with friends soon after she had come out to them and how they had come along with her for a gleeful day of shopping while also playing the role as sort of a fashion tour guide to help Ashley learn the ropes of her new clothing options. She also reminisces about a recent trip to Nordstrom in which they not only had shoes in her size — oodles of them — but also shoe clerks with the attentiveness that made her feel like she had acquired her own shoe sommelier.

As time drew closer to her transition at work, Ashley sprang for a series of makeup lessons from both an independent makeup artist as well as one from her local MAC store. Eager to share some of what she learned, Ashley conveys how one can use a sponge wedge to help smooth one’s foundation and a trick that can make it easier to recover from small mistakes when applying one’s eye makeup.

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  1. December 7, 2011

    My favorite quote of this episode is “Team Cupcakes. That’s who I am rooting for in the Twilight saga.” Ashley, I love the idea of a polish swap! Wish we lived in the same city.

    • December 7, 2011

      Hi Erica! If you ever have an upcoming Dallas trip, feel free to drop me a line and I’d be happy organize a polish swap for one of the evenings you’re in town :).

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