About Sophie

Trials & tribulations of my increasingly full-time girl-mode.

sophie @ baskerville.net

Tag: boymode

  • We need to talk about… Clothes Shopping!

    If you’re a man with a female partner, then when you’ve read this article ask them to read it too and see what their reaction to it is. If you’re a woman with a male partner, then when you’ve read this article ask them to read it too and see what their reaction is. Boy-mode…

  • Unintended Consequences

    Biting one’s nails is a nasty habit, and even when the habit is broken, it can often be revived by stress. I’ve tried all sorts of things to stop myself doing this, with little success. Even when I have managed to briefly stop chewing them down to the knuckles, they have tended to split &…

  • The Big Question

    Everyone wants to know, but not many know how to ask, or dare to ask This might end up quite long, so here’s the TL;DR “Much to the confusion of many, I’m a straight man who like to crossdress as a woman some of the time, but not all of the time. This appears to…

  • ̶B̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶H̶o̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶ Xmas Parties and Revelations

    An Xmas meet-up of around 10-15 former colleagues presents both opportunities and worries. All the ladies in the group except two already know about Sophie. Only one of the men though – and that was accidental (see this article) although he was on the list I was planning to tell. That left a substantial number…

  • 1̶2̶ ̶Y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶S̶l̶a̶v̶e̶ 12 Days in Girl-Mode (2/2)

    1̶2̶ ̶Y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶S̶l̶a̶v̶e̶ 12 Days in Girl-Mode (2/2)

    When the opportunity arose to spend 12 days in girl-mode away from home staying with a good close friend and attending a series of Pride events, it felt kind of scary yet kind of exciting.

  • 1̶2̶ ̶Y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶S̶l̶a̶v̶e̶ 12 Days in Girl-Mode (1/2)

    1̶2̶ ̶Y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶S̶l̶a̶v̶e̶ 12 Days in Girl-Mode (1/2)

    When the opportunity arose to spend 12 days in girl-mode away from home staying with a good close friend and attending a series of Pride events, it felt kind of scary yet kind of exciting.

  • Half Life of Glitter

    Glitter can look fantastic, but it has a few drawbacks. The most obvious one is that it gets everywhere and is almost impossible to get rid of. I’ve turned up to an office in boy-mode before only to discover (because someone told me!) that I’ve got tiny sparkly highlights on my face from glitter –…

  • Gender Wage Gap Thoughts

    The gap between earnings for men & women is a complex & tricky area. It’s difficult to compare like-for-like when the types of work are so skewed between the genders in the first place.

  • ♂ Guest Editor

    Today I was invited, rather surprised and bemused, to guest edit an item on Sophie’s blog.

  • Bathroom Bingo / Restroom Roulette / Lavatory Lottery / Toilet Trepidation

    The question everyone either asks me, or wants to ask, is this: Which toilet do you use when out in girl-mode? It’s a valid simple-sounding question. And the short answer is: “It depends”

  • Sizes. The Bane Of My (Girl-Mode) Life

    Sizes drive me round the bend. You wouldn’t think it would be that difficult, right? But it really, really, is. Shoe Sizes Are UK Men’s shoe sizes the same as UK Women’s shoe sizes? Opinions seem to differ. Whilst the length might be the same (but isn’t), the width, or more accurately the width profile…

  • Men! Moisturising Might Just Save Your Life!

    Having been nagged into moisturising by my makeup artist, I want to reach out to men generally – even, maybe especially, to those who don’t let their girl-mode out to play. When I put this stuff on my face it feels like it will just sit there. But rub it in and…. it vanishes. I…

  • A Few Days Away…

    ….in girl-mode. Taking the opportunity to visit a Pride Event in another country felt a little daring but… well, if you’re not living life on the edge, you’re taking up too much space, right? Liquids and gels With the best will in the world, I cannot contemplate trying to take make-up through in hand-luggage. Which…

  • A Question for Men

    Have you ever complained about the time any woman has taken to get ready to go out? Have you ever felt frustrated by this time, or wondered how it could possibly take so long? If you’ve never tried it, then you simply have no idea. The expectations (by society, by partners, by everyone) to look…