The seats around us quickly filled up and Mother started making small talk with the other adults. I sat quietly, nervously holding my candy pink clutch bag on my lap and thinking about why my seemingly willing-to-be-petticoated brother had to be threatened with a nappy whereas I didn’t! It’s not the first time I’ve cursed […]

The uncomfortable conversation ended when Dad called me in to the kitchen to mash the carrots and turnips. Hannah was put on sprout duty. Our aunt, uncle and three cousins came just after noon and all of a sudden we had a houseful. Dad and his brother cracked tinnies. Mum and her sister-in-law sorted the […]

    The next morning when Tina woke up, she felt odd, groggy, and slightly hung-over which was very strange indeed because normally she hated the taste of alcohol. Shifting around slightly her eyes still tightly shut she realized her clothes felt different, softer, warmer, and generally more comfortable, maybe it was just girls’ clothes […]

I didn’t have anything to say on the matter, apart from ‘blue’ when Mum asked me if I preferred pink or blue. She drove into the center of town and right out the other side. “Where are we going?” I quizzed as we left the town center behind us. “That’ll take hours!” I whined when […]

After school, a group of six or seven of us walked home together. Two of the group, Patrick and Nigel were giving Andrew and his brother a hard time about having dresses and wearing them. They defended themselves by claiming that they don’t like them, they’d rather not wear them and only do so because […]

The meet & mingle wasn’t as humiliating as I’d expected. Most of the attention was on Vincent and most of the compliments went in his direction too. I was a little envious of my brother when people told him how smart and grown up he looks in his conservative skirt, shoes and blouse. His hair […]

  Within five minutes Akane, Hina, Nabeky walked into the room with evil smiles that filled Tina with dread and fear. “Now, this won’t hurt a bit,” explained Akane. “It is, however, best if we hold you down.” “Girls, if you would please  do the necessary, ” asked Akane, still with that smile on her […]

On Saturday morning my mother insisted that I have a bath before we go into town. “Why?” I moaned, not wanting to miss any of the Saturday morning TV more than anything. “Because we’re going to find you a party dress and you need to be nice and clean,” she replied. “Today!” I whined. “Well, […]

There are rumors of a handful of boys at school who’ve been bought dresses by their mothers, but not surprisingly the boys in question flat deny the rumors. A couple of boys who live on my street had been reportedly spotted wearing dresses getting in or out of their dad’s car. It turned out that […]

   The teacher stirred Tina towards a small group of girls, who were still giggling profusely at Tina’s situation. “Now this is Akane, Nabeky, and Hina”  the teacher proclaimed, pointing out each one of the girls, in turn. All the girls smiled in a warm way, which helped Tina calm down. Taking the seat next […]