ABOUT miss Gender

Maybe you are a queer, trans, or disabled person who wants to engage with, read, and own art that actually represents you.

Maybe you feel deeply not okay and hide your most visceral worries in the pages of a journal or your notes app.

Maybe you’ve wondered if you are not actually human, but an extra-terrestrial sent here in a human skin-suit, trying to navigate this planet’s confusing norms.

Maybe you’re someone who delights in art or objects that feel tender, strange, and alive — and want to support the people who make it.

Or maybe you just stumbled here through the rabbit-hole that is the internet.

In any case, you’re in the right place. Welcome to Miss Gender, the creative project of me, Kat. I am thrilled to have you here!

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Growing up trans and disabled, I constantly shrunk my needs, dreams, fears, and feelings to feel less like an out-of-place alien in this strange world of humans. I would scribble thoughts into journals and shove them deep beneath my mattress. As I started to exist more authentically, I began to see that those scribbles shaped my values, sense of self, and the vision for the world I want to help build.

By sharing from that pocket of vulnerability, I try to destigmatize the experiences of queer, trans, mentally ill, and disabled folks like myself. I hope my work invites you to question why certain ways of being are excluded from mainstream culture; gives voice to thoughts often silenced by fear or shame; and celebrates the beautiful lives and stories of queer, trans, disabled, and neurodivergent people today.

If my work or values resonate with you, I hope you’ll explore my writing, browse my art, or subscribe to my newsletter — I won’t spam you, I promise!

I’m also working on developing a shop to sell art prints and other products, and you’ll be the first to know about its launch if you subscribe or follow along.

Young Kat stands squinting in the sun on a front stoop, wearing big black boots and a pink, purple, and blue leotard with a tutu. A snow shovel sits behind them, and an arrow points to their face labeled “baby Kat.”

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Young Kat stands squinting in the sun on a front stoop, wearing big black boots and a pink, purple, and blue leotard with a tutu. A snow shovel sits behind them, and an arrow points to their face labeled “baby Kat.”

VALUES & PRINCIPLES

My WHYs and value system behind creating and sharing my work

  • Accessibility & Inclusivity

    Much of the world doesn’t function with disabled, neurodivergent, and mentally ill folks in mind. By centering access and inclusivity though, I believe we are helping to build a more equitable future. I try to create work and spaces that all brains, bodies, and ways of being can access, engage with, and find joy in.

  • Quiet, Loud, and In-Between

    Quiet: the comforting purr of a cat in your lap as you read your favorite book.

    Loud: a bright leather blazer, wide-leg pants, bold eyeliner, and a glittering mobility aid.

    I try to honor both in my art and writing, seeing value in silent habits and acts of care as much as campy, unapologetic displays of queer and disabled joy. Exploring these ways of being together is a delightful way to challenge imposed binaries and expectations.

  • Organized Chaos

    In a world that wants to bottle up the human experience into a brand, product, or 15-second clip, I feel like there is this pressure to pick a niche: one hobby, one style, one medium. I try to reject that idea, and frankly, my brain doesn’t really give me another option. It hops from one hyperfixation to the next, and I’m learning to let that constant exploration inform my practice.

  • Meet me in the shadows

    My work explores the experiences we rarely talk about, yet shape our every decision: the incessant thoughts that make our minds feel volatile, the inner monologue typed into the notes app drafts. This isn’t just an interest, but my lived experience as a mentally ill and neurodivergent person.

    By sharing what’s often labeled  “taboo” or “strange”, I hope to find connection in others and destigmatize different ways of being and thinking.

  • Bring on the questions!

    Why haven’t I seen something like this before?

    Why am I feeling uncomfortable?

    What have I been hiding?

    I’m perpetually thinking up questions — about myself, the systems I engage with (both willingly and unwillingly), and the context I may be missing or trying to collect. I’ve always felt that confusion, discomfort, and curiosity are good starting points for connection and creativity, and I hope that my work offers a space where these question are welcomed and safe to ask.

  • Certain Uncertainty

    Living in a dynamically disabled body and brain prone to anxiety and rumination leaves a lot of room for uncertainty. I’m often trapped in loops of fear and dread, which can make showingup anywhere fell terrifying.

    What I’m learning (and trying to internalize) is that the only certainty is that there will always be more uncertainty and unknown outcomes. Part of this project is showing up anyway; not because I’m interested in monetizing my hobbies, but because when I think about the certainty of uncertainty, the only kind of work I can see myself doing.