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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 1h

Ok one more from earlier. This whole look is testing strongly in key demos 😂

oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 4h

Y'all. The Death Cab For Cutie bender I've been on since Bumbershoot is both intense and unprecedented. Just got a weird look from another trail user bc I forgot myself and was audibly (loudly) singing along to "Cath..." "AND SOON EVERYBODY WILL ASSSSSK WHAT BECAME OF YOUUU..." 🤦🤦🤦

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 4h

Some days, you work on a new futch look while you watch a new-to-you Scorsese picture, and then you hustle to get a walk on the Olentangy Trail in before you lose daylight.

I really should work more tank tops into my daily rotation

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 5h

Oooh y'all I might have stumbled on a new fem-leaning look I like 🤩💄 Makeup in the alt text 💄🏳️‍⚧️

Shiseido Water In Lip Medicinal Stick

MAC Sleek Satin Lipstick: Centre of Attention

MAC Lip Pencil: Centre of Attention

Sephora Shadow Stick and Liner: Fawn Shimmer

Ulta Automatic Eye Liner: Metallic Moss

Heroine Make Volume & Curl Mascara: 01 Jet Black

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 7h

Somehow I've never seen After Hours?!! Homework for the latest episode of @blankcheck.bsky.social

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Salty about the Seahawks loss, but #Crew96 winning and the L.A. Rams losing almost kind of sorta made up for that. 😒😊😐

Mona takes a selfie wearing a ash grey throwback Columbus Crew shirt

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow what an enormous emotional win for #Crew96 over Miami tonight. Heck yes!

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Barf barf barf. Very frustrating loss for my Seahawks. Onto the Chargers at home next Sunday.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Up and atom so we can make it back to Columbus in time for Seahawks (and Bengals) kickoff at 1 pm EDT. Week 3 is College Navy Sam Darnold, as was probably predictable from me. 🏈💙💚🩶🏈

Mona, in a navy blue Seahawks jersey with matching hat, stands in front of a map of Ohio at a rest area

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fixin' to root on my Seahawks 11 years ago today 💙💚🩶🏈

Mona femmed up and wearing a Russell Wilson Seahawks jersey on September 27, 2026

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Another thing I spied at The Henry Ford yesterday. When I was in high school, we got Internet service through Prodigy (not AOL). I still remember my Mom yelling at me to "Get off the Internet, I need to use the phone." I wasn't on trans message boards or anything, heavens no 😂😂

A box for Prodigy Home Internet Service from the early 90s

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A better look at the obscure Wilco reference shirt I wore to the show last night 🤓

Mona takes a selfie wearing an orange Wilco shirt referencing the made up band from their track The Late Greats: The Kay-Settes Starring Butcher's Blind

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

AAAAA I had the BEST time with Nat at the Shannon/Narducy R.E.M. show. Definitely going again next year when they celebrate the 40th anniversary of Document 🎸🤩🎸

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What an amazing show at The Majestic Theatre in Detroit! Shannon Narducy Stirrat (& friends) The Lifting R.E.M.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My spouse Nat and I fixin' to watch Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy, John Stirrat, and pals cover @remhq.bsky.social at The Majestic up in Detroit 🎸🎸🎸🎸

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

All I can say is—I'm generally not attracted to cis men, but Austin Abrams, specifically in Resident Evil, is a MAJOR and INTENSE exception.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Guess what book convinced me I was trans and needed to transition? Whipping Girl is my trans bible, and @juliaserano.bsky.social has been right about pretty much everything since the late 00s. One cannot understand the current state of affairs without understanding the scapegoating of femininity.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nat and I had a great time with Cal, Rachael and John at The Henry Ford! 😊😊

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Me striking a Soviet Mural Pose at The Henry Ford in front of one of the first Minivans ever produced. Ask anyone who knows me: Mona Loves A Minivan. 🤓

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh hey, at least if you're in Columbus, you can still catch Jane Schoenbrun's sublime horror/comedy/lesbian romance flick Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma in theaters at Gateway Film Center (@gatewayfilmcenter.bsky.social) this weekend...

static.klipy.com

little death camp miasma

Alt: little death camp miasma

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

4 years ago today, my spouse Nat and I being extremely cute at UK Wildcats football game 🏈💙🤍💙🐈🏈

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Disclosure Day was really good, actually. So there. 🤓

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A really great photo of me from 11 years ago today that makes me think "Shit, I'd date her." (Kidding not kidding. Too bad I can't copy-paste her into 2026 and add her to the polycule 😂🤪)

Mona looking like a snack on September 26, 2016

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Road Trip! Hitting the Henry Ford Museum (1st time for me) and then catching Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy & pals covering R.E.M.'s 1986 LP Life's Rich Pageant 😊

Fun fact: Nat can drive a car with a manual transmission. I cannot 😐

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh hey, you can pry my iced coffee from my cold, dead hand. (And yeah, thinking it's unprofessional to bring iced coffee to a job interview is misogynist as FUUUUUUCK)

Aww look it's Mona enjoying a delicious iced coffee.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Going to attempt to stay up and watch at least the first half of the BC Lions game tonight. These 10:30 pm eastern kickoffs for the home games in Vancouver are ROUGH 🏈🧡🖤🦁🇨🇦

Mona takes a selfie wearing a BC Lions hat, and a black hoodie over a black t shirt

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A couple of bonus pics from earlier 😊😊

I gotta remember I look cute in these Eddie Bauer women's cargo shorts 🤩

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Shaved my legs and felt very fem and cute 😊😊😊

Mona takes a selfie wearing a blue sports bra, and shows off her freshly shaved legs.

The Makeup

Shiseido Water In Lip Medicinal Stick

MAC Maximal Sleek Satin Lipstick & Lip Pencil: Brick-O-La

Sephora Colorful Waterproof Eyeshadow & Eyeliner Multi-Sticks: Army Matte Green (as eyeshadow) & Cobalt Shimmer (as eyeliner)

L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Original Mascara: Cobalt Blue

Neutrogena Mattiftying Finishing Powder

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tried a bunch of different looks for #BlueFriday 😊 #Seahawks #GoHawks 🏈💙💚🩶🏈 The Makeup is in the alt text 💄😊

Mona femmed up, wearing a blue throwback Dave Krieg Seahawks jersey

The Makeup:

Shiseido Water In Lip Medicinal Stick

MAC Maximal Sleek Satin Lipstick & Lip Pencil: Brick-O-La

Sephora Colorful Waterproof Eyeshadow & Eyeliner Multi-Sticks: Army Matte Green (as eyeshadow) & Cobalt Shimmer (as eyeliner)

L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Original Mascara: Cobalt Blue

Neutrogena Mattiftying Finishing Powder

Mona presenting "boyishly" wearing a binder and a green backwards baseball cap. And a green Sam Darnold T-shirt

Mona presenting fem, in a blue throwback low cut v-neck Seahawks T-shirt, and a green Seahawks throwback tee.

The Makeup

Shiseido Water In Lip Medicinal Stick

MAC Maximal Sleek Satin Lipstick & Lip Pencil: Brick-O-La

Sephora Colorful Waterproof Eyeshadow & Eyeliner Multi-Sticks: Army Matte Green (as eyeshadow) & Cobalt Shimmer (as eyeliner)

L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Original Mascara: Cobalt Blue

Neutrogena Mattiftying Finishing Powder

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Aww Baby Trans Mona Supporting her #Crew96 and her #Seahawks 11 years ago today 🏈💙💚🩶🖤💛⚽

Dark brown-haired Mona from 2015 is femmed up and wearing a grey Seahawks shirt and black and yellow Columbus Crew scarf

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ayyyyyyyyeeee that's a pretty solid Top 8 so far!

Mona's Top 8 Movies of 2026 so far

1. The Odyssey
2. Project Hail Mary
3. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
4. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
5. Mother Mary
6. The Invite
7. Obsession
8. Resident Evil

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pre-Primetime Pizza at Late Night Slice! 🍕🍕🍕🎞️🎬🎟️🎥

Mona's busted out her Master and Commander tee again

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's the thing: I actually am up for Tom Cruise to try some weird shit. But, Digger... I truly believe the biggest challenge here is that the trailers make the movie look like shit. And when I say that, I mean it visually looks ugly and unappealing. Cinematography is yuck yuck barf barf.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

8 years ago today... Holy shit my hair was perfect. One of the few times I truly think I nailed it.

Mona with her hair styled in a blue bob in 2018.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

4 years ago today, at a University of Kentucky Wildcats football game in Lexington—Went with my spouse Nat, had a blast. I just really like this picture she took of me 😊

Mona being very blue and very cute at a football game in 2022

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For my non-football-watching friends in Columbus: OSU home game at noon this Saturday. If you aren't going to the game, you might want to avoid the area around campus.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's Celcius O'clock Somewhere! (in Columbus, Ohio at the moment) 😂

Mona enjoys a grape rush Celcius between classes

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Mona cleans up nice (by her standards, at least) 🤪

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So glad Zoe and Marj could come out and join Nat and I for us for F.A.N.G. Columbus Game Night! I was a bird! An Osprey, even (Nat and I played Wingspan Pocket for the first time 😁)!

A bunch of queer non-dudes play Wingspan Pocket

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Age 21 (1996) vs age 51 (2026) Estrogen is the bestrogen. 😁

On the left, 1996 poses ironically for a Sears Photo Studio Portrait, wearing a long sleeved denim shirt. On the right, in 2026, Mona is wearing a navy blue polo shirt over a binder

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had so much fun at F.A.N.G. Columbus Game Night with my spouse Nat and friends old and new 😊😊😊

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I want Jane to keep making movies about themselves, in different genres, in claymation, as musicals, as documentaries co-directed with Nathan Fielder, as an all-trans remake of The Prestige... What. Ever. Jane. Wants. To. Make. All of Chris Nolan's movies are about himself, & I love that shit too.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

you can be whatever the fuck you want (And then change yourself if what you want changes—Mona here representing the Sad Beardy Egg to Very Fem Binary Trans Woman to Non-Binary Trans Fem Who Usually Gets Clocked As A Butch Lesbian But Still Presents Fem Sometimes Division) 😊

Very Fem Binary Trans Woman Mona in 2017

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