![Page 2 Text 1: “It was awesome!” [The word “awesome” is in pink.] Page 2 Panel: A black and white image of Jessi excitedly wearing their new lemon skirt, the fabric all colorful and now Jessi's shirt is painted all black to pair with it. Jessi is grinning and holding up the skirt with their hands as if to admire their handiwork, while their hair fans out around them. Their leg is lifted up in excitement, and their leg hair is visible. There’s an arrow pointing at Jessi on the top left under some text that reads “First skirt ever made,” accompanied by three speech bubbles. Bubble 1 reads, “Wow! Look at this!” Bubble 2 reads, “So loose! So flowy!” Bubble 3 reads, “I’m never wearing pants again!” Page 2 Text 2: "I felt powerful and strong in my skirts, as well as comfortable and soft, knowing I could use my hands to create something so useful and so beautiful.” [The word “powerful” is in pink font. The word “strong” is in purple font. The word “beautiful” is in blue font.]](https://jbeoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UnexpectedJoy_JessiEoin_2of4-683x1024.jpeg)
![Page 3. Text 1: “I felt Gender Euphoria at being one step closer to the image of myself in my mind: masculine and feminine and neither of those, no defined gender, while wearing fabulous, loose, flowy, colorful clothes.” [The word "masculine" is in pink font. The word "feminine" is in blue. The words "neither of those" are in purple. The words "Gender Euphoria" and "colorful" are in rainbow.] Panel: This panel is an explosion of color. Jessi is shown in three different poses wearing three different, colorful outfits while the rest of Jessi is still drawn in black and white ink. The first, on the left, is them in a bright yellow shirt paired with a dark blue galaxy skirt that has lots of planets, suns, and shooting stars on it in bright, warm colors. Jessi's pose looks confident and proud with hands on their hips, and there's text next to them that reads, "Fuck yeah." The middle one is of Jessi squatting down in horse stance with both of their arms straight up in the air in a comical pose with a silly and intense face with the word "WOOOOOOO!!" above them. They're wearing a bright blue shirt coupled with a blue skirt that has all kinds of sharks and rays on them in a variety of blues and grays. The final one, on the right, is Jessi wearing a pink top with a pink skirt with orange pumpkins, brown vines and stems, and white leaves with a couple of pops of yellow leaves here and there. They're smiling with their eyes closed and their arms outstretched, looking happy, and there's text next to them that reads, "It has pockets" above a small blue heart. Text 2: "The only thing missing was some more gender ambiguity. So when a new diagnosis of PCOS showed me that I can grow facial hair, my excitement only grew--" [The word "gender" is in purple font. The word "ambiguity" is in yellow. The word "hair" is in green. The word "excitement" is in pink.]](https://jbeoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UnexpectedJoy_JessiEoin_3of4-683x1024.jpeg)
![Page 4. Text 2: continued from previous panel, “I knew it was finally time to start fashioning the rest of me to fit right, too.” [The word "fit" is in blue font. The word “right” is in pink.] Panel: The final panel shows Jessi painted in full color, wearing a bright yellow shirt with a bright green, frog-bedazzled skirt that's decked out with rainbows, crowns on the frogs, raindrops, lily pads, rain boots, flowers, and lots of texture; in addition, Jessi has added heart-shaped trans pride flag patch pockets to the skirt. It's a bit chaotic in a pleasing way. Jessi's skin is pale, and their hair is brown and wavy and down past their butt. The biggest difference now is that they have grown a fluffy beard and have a bit of mustache around the edges of their lips. They're wearing bright purple sunglasses and posing in a very cheesy way with finger guns directed at the viewer, while grinning mischievously and putting their foot up on a gray rock that reads 2023 (as if to indicate that 2023 will be ROCKY) and that's topped with a trans pride flag, as though to show victory and determination over 2023. There is a vibrant violet speech bubble next to them that reads, “Time to start T, baby.” Text 2: "The unexpected Gender Joy I found in making simple skirts for myself has undoubtedly given me a dose of positivity that I know I'll need now and for the future, and for that, I'm grateful." [The words "Gender Joy" are in rainbow font. The word "skirts" is in blue. The word "undoubtedly" is in yellow. The words "dose of positivity" are in pink. The word "future" is in green. The word "grateful" is in purple.]](https://jbeoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UnexpectedJoy_JessiEoin_4of4-683x1024.jpeg)
Unexpected Joy. 2022.
Published in Just Femme & Dandy Volume 04: Survive. 2023.
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