“This isn’t tough love advice — this is deep love advice.” – From Ask Kai” Advice for the Apocalypse
Kai Cheng is a noted essayist on transformative justice, radical love, sexuality, gender, and mental health, among other issues, and is a regular contributor to several online publications. Her work has been featured on Buzzfeed, them Magazine, and Everyday Feminism. She is currently an advice columnist at Daily Xtra, where she answers questions about surviving and thriving in the face of global turmoil in Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse.
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse – advice column on ethics, relationships, and revolutionary love
Slate – Response to Andrea Long Chu’s New York Times feature on gender confirming surgery
Daily XTRA – short essays on life in queer community
them Magazine – essay on how neoliberalism is stealing trans liberation
Buzzfeed Essays – Essays on trans femininity, sexuality, and happiness
Feature Writer at Everyday Feminism – ongoing posts about intersectional feminism, mental health, and activism
What I Wanted to Wear Feature – written as part of a series for an online publication on Medium.com featuring contemporary transgender writers!
Author page at xojane – freelance articles on life and (self-)love as a transwoman of color
Author page at Youngist – a short-lived column on sex and dating!
Escaping Eden: Fashion Shoot and Essay collaboration withYellow Noise Magazine – a visual essay and photographic meditation on beauty, femininity,and monstrosity
Column for McGill Daily – my first-ever column pieces on identity, race, and gender
Reviewer page at montreal Review of books – reviews of books by Montreal authors
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