Aster Olsen is a southern biologist and trans writer living in Seattle. She is the author of the trans hypnopunk novella Performance Review. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Autostraddle, Hey Alma, smoke and mold, Lilac Peril, and elsewhere. She is the creator and editor of TRANSplants Zine, a magazine series about culture, transness, and place. The latest issue is Cosmo t-girl, a parody of early 2000s womanhood reimagined with a modern trans lens. Find more of her writing at www.asterolsen.com, and find TRANSplants Zine at www.transplantszine.org