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Man in blue dress sitting between two large windows at Cityscape in San Francisco, looking down at the city view

Man in blue dress sitting between two large windows at Cityscape in San Francisco, looking down at the city view

Pretty Optimized: January 2020 Monthly Project

Man with long brown hair in pink dress smiling against red wall in Havana

Man with long brown hair in pink dress smiling against red wall in Havana

2020 New Years’ Resolutions

Man with short black hair in little black dress posing in ivy-covered archway

Man with short black hair in little black dress posing in ivy-covered archway

2019 New Years’ Resolutions Review: Big-Picture Goals

Man with black hair in white dress lying down inside a red circular wall

Man with black hair in white dress lying down inside a red circular wall

2019 New Years’ Resolutions Review: One Month Projects

Man with short black hair in snowman costume

Man with short black hair in snowman costume

Weather-Confused Snowman DIY Costume

Man with short black hair in a green Christmas sweater and black pants on a red background

Man with short black hair in a green Christmas sweater and black pants on a red background

Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Man with long brown hair and a white dress standing in front of a windmill against a bright blue sky

Man with long brown hair and a white dress standing in front of a windmill against a bright blue sky

Young and Beautiful / Lana del Rey

Man in reindeer onesie against a red background

Man in reindeer onesie against a red background

Reindeer Onesie

Man with short black hair in a white dress with a banana duct-taped to his chest standing in front of a yellow wall

Man with short black hair in a white dress with a banana duct-taped to his chest standing in front of a yellow wall

Duct Tape Banana DIY Costume

Man in a penguin onesie standing in front of a blue wall

Man in a penguin onesie standing in front of a blue wall

Penguin Onesie

Man with short black hair and a red-and-white striped shift dress standing in front of three giant red ornaments

Man with short black hair and a red-and-white striped shift dress standing in front of three giant red ornaments

Peppermint Delight Dress

Man with long brown hair in a white dress sitting in front of a hedge with 5 red flowers

Man with long brown hair in a white dress sitting in front of a hedge with 5 red flowers

A Religious Experience, A New Career, and A Shoulder Tattoo: 12/19 Life Update

Man with long brown hair and a black dress with cherries on it sitting in front of a red-and-white striped wall

Man with long brown hair and a black dress with cherries on it sitting in front of a red-and-white striped wall

A New Look for Fake and Basic

Man with long brown hair in white dress with pink lemons on it standing in front of a bright pink wall

Man with long brown hair in white dress with pink lemons on it standing in front of a bright pink wall

Pink Lemonade Dress

Man with long brown hair in a purple dress with a tropical pattern standing in front of a yellow wall

Man with long brown hair in a purple dress with a tropical pattern standing in front of a yellow wall

Purple Tropics Dress

Man with long brown hair in a blue and white dress standing on the beach

Man with long brown hair in a blue and white dress standing on the beach

Blue Dream Dress

Man with short black hair dressed as a paragraph of Instagram hashtags standing in front of a light blue wall

Man with short black hair dressed as a paragraph of Instagram hashtags standing in front of a light blue wall

Paragraph of Hashtags DIY Costume

Man with long brown hair in a lucky cat costume sitting against a pale pink wall

Man with long brown hair in a lucky cat costume sitting against a pale pink wall

Maneki Neko / Lucky Cat DIY Costume

Man with short black hair in black dress with yellow flowers and a bucket hat standing against a yellow wall

Man with short black hair in black dress with yellow flowers and a bucket hat standing against a yellow wall

Raoul Duke / Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas DIY Costume

Man with long brown hair in velvet dress standing on a cliffside with arms raised

Man with long brown hair in velvet dress standing on a cliffside with arms raised

Hello Seattle / Owl City

Man with long brown hair in a red dress standing in the Urban Light exhibit at LACMA in Los Angeles, CA

Man with long brown hair in a red dress standing in the Urban Light exhibit at LACMA in Los Angeles, CA

My Heart Is Lost / blackbear

Man in a striped dress standing in front of the ocean with his hair blowing in his face

Man in a striped dress standing in front of the ocean with his hair blowing in his face

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea / Neutral Milk Hotel

Man with short brown hair in a black dress touching a purple crystal in a deep purple room

Man with short brown hair in a black dress touching a purple crystal in a deep purple room

Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) / Kid Cudi ft. MGMT, Ratatat

Man with long brown hair in a yellow dress standing on an aqua lifeguard tower in front of a teal sky

Man with long brown hair in a yellow dress standing on an aqua lifeguard tower in front of a teal sky

Venice Bitch / Lana Del Rey

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing in an intricate pink doorway

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing in an intricate pink doorway

Castle / Halsey

Man with long brown hair in an orange dress standing against the ocean on a sunny, windy day

Man with long brown hair in an orange dress standing against the ocean on a sunny, windy day

Liquorlip Loaded Gun / Sticky Fingers

Man with long brown hair in black romper standing against pink marble pillars

Man with long brown hair in black romper standing against pink marble pillars

Dreams Tonite / Alvvays

4 LIFE / lil aaron

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds / The Beatles

Man with long brown hair in a pink dress standing in the ocean with one arm raised at night

Man with long brown hair in a pink dress standing in the ocean with one arm raised at night

Perfect Places / Lorde

Man with long brown hair in a blue dress standing next to a graffiti image of a human heart

Man with long brown hair in a blue dress standing next to a graffiti image of a human heart

Tumblr Girls / G-Eazy ft. Christoph Andersson

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing on a red sports car

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing on a red sports car

Bad Girls / M.I.A.

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing against a tall pink building

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing against a tall pink building

Legend / G-Eazy

Man with long brown hair in an aqua dress standing in front of a stained glass building

Man with long brown hair in an aqua dress standing in front of a stained glass building

ME! / Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie

Man with long brown ponytail in red floral dress facing a row of colorful buildings in Havana, Cuba

Man with long brown ponytail in red floral dress facing a row of colorful buildings in Havana, Cuba

Havana / Camila Cabello

Man with a straw hat in a blue-and-white striped dress standing against a yellow lifeguard tower on the beach during a sunny day

Man with a straw hat in a blue-and-white striped dress standing against a yellow lifeguard tower on the beach during a sunny day

Safe and Sound / Capital Cities

Man with long brown hair and brightly colored whale dress standing against a light pink wall

Man with long brown hair and brightly colored whale dress standing against a light pink wall

break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored / Ariana Grande

Man with long brown hair in a striped romper standing in front of a glowing Ferris wheel at night

Man with long brown hair in a striped romper standing in front of a glowing Ferris wheel at night

Mine / Bazzi

Man with short black hair in yellow dress standing in front of a yellow and orange panel

Man with short black hair in yellow dress standing in front of a yellow and orange panel

One More Pivot

Man with short black hair in blue dress standing in front of LACMA Urban Light in Los Angeles, CA

Man with short black hair in blue dress standing in front of LACMA Urban Light in Los Angeles, CA

Coming Full Circle

Man with short black hair and striped dress in front of a distorted sign that reads

Man with short black hair and striped dress in front of a distorted sign that reads

October 2019 Theme: Metamorphosis, Continued

Man with long brown hair and bright red dress standing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA

Man with long brown hair and bright red dress standing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA

Decadent and Disillusioned

Sieve of Eratosthenes sculpture at Stanford University with a man in a white dress lying face-down in front

Sieve of Eratosthenes sculpture at Stanford University with a man in a white dress lying face-down in front

Worthless Unless Productive

Man with short black hair and a white dress sitting in front of a mural of a bubble bursting with his head in his hands

Man with short black hair and a white dress sitting in front of a mural of a bubble bursting with his head in his hands

The End of Certainty

Man with long brown hair in a white dress looking at blue butterfly mural

Man with long brown hair in a white dress looking at blue butterfly mural

September 2019 Theme: Metamorphosis

Man with short brown hair in a yellow dress standing against a Mondrian mural

Man with short brown hair in a yellow dress standing against a Mondrian mural

Here Come The Themed Series

Three replicated, distorted funhouse photos of a man with short black hair in a blue dress

Three replicated, distorted funhouse photos of a man with short black hair in a blue dress

August 2019 One Month Project Retrospective

Man with long brown hair in a pale pink dress walking towards a black night sky

Man with long brown hair in a pale pink dress walking towards a black night sky

Going Dark: August 2019 One Month Project

Man with long brown hair in a pink dress posing under a white terrace surrounded by pink bougainvillea

Man with long brown hair in a pink dress posing under a white terrace surrounded by pink bougainvillea

July 2019 One Month Project Retrospective

Man with short black hair and a blue dress standing under an It's A Boy sign

Man with short black hair and a blue dress standing under an It's A Boy sign

Introducing Marty Noel Chenyao

Man with short black hair and red lipstick standing in a striped navy romper and black pumps

Man with short black hair and red lipstick standing in a striped navy romper and black pumps

When I Quit Fashion Blogging

Man with short black hair in white dress standing in front of a colorful Ferris wheel against a bright blue sky

Man with short black hair in white dress standing in front of a colorful Ferris wheel against a bright blue sky

Your Special Occasion

Man with long brown hair in a white dress standing against a mural depicting a bookcase

Man with long brown hair in a white dress standing against a mural depicting a bookcase

Anything Goes: July 2019 One Month Project

Man with short brown hair in a pink dress dumping out a blue teacup

Man with short brown hair in a pink dress dumping out a blue teacup

June 2019 One Month Project Retrospective

Man with short black hair in blue dress standing within a giant picture frame against a blue sky

Man with short black hair in blue dress standing within a giant picture frame against a blue sky

The Very Picture of “Normal”

Man with short black hair in white dress holding a silver 23 birthday balloon

Man with short black hair in white dress holding a silver 23 birthday balloon

Countdown to Twenty-Three

Man with long brown hair in white dress heading through gate of the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, PA

Man with long brown hair in white dress heading through gate of the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, PA

One of These Things is Not Like the Others

Man with long brown hair in a green and white striped dress against a pink background

Man with long brown hair in a green and white striped dress against a pink background

Why I Started Wearing Heels

Man with short black hair in gay pride romper posing against a hot pink background

Man with short black hair in gay pride romper posing against a hot pink background

How to Be A Better LGBTQIA+ Ally

Man with short black hair in a purple polka dotted dress holding a Tinky Winky doll against a pink background

Man with short black hair in a purple polka dotted dress holding a Tinky Winky doll against a pink background

In High Praise of Tinky Winky

Man with short black hair in a blue dress entering the men's room

Man with short black hair in a blue dress entering the men's room

“He/Him, Please”

Man with long brown hair in red dress against a mural that reads

Man with long brown hair in red dress against a mural that reads

The Lover’s Dilemma

Man with short black hair in red dress standing with his arms crossed in the LACMA Urban Light exhibit in Los Angeles, CA

Man with short black hair in red dress standing with his arms crossed in the LACMA Urban Light exhibit in Los Angeles, CA

All the Rage

Man with long brown hair in a pink and white dress against a pink background

Man with long brown hair in a pink and white dress against a pink background

Sweetly Subversive: Feminine Aesthetic as Performance Art

Man with short black hair in a black dress with cartoon boobs on it against a pink background

Man with short black hair in a black dress with cartoon boobs on it against a pink background

I Fucking Hate My Titties

Man in a white dress with a white bow in his long black hair sitting in front of a pink geometric object

Man in a white dress with a white bow in his long black hair sitting in front of a pink geometric object

Gender Dysphoria Does Not Excuse Treating People Badly

Man with long brown hair in white dress leaning off of a black semicircle fence over the ocean

Man with long brown hair in white dress leaning off of a black semicircle fence over the ocean

If I Were A (Cis) Boy

Multiple reflections of a man with black hair in a blue dress in a hall of mirrors

Multiple reflections of a man with black hair in a blue dress in a hall of mirrors

“Am I Handsome?”: My Earliest Memory of Gender Dysphoria

Man with short black hair in pink dress drinking out of a blue teacup in a pink marble mansion

Man with short black hair in pink dress drinking out of a blue teacup in a pink marble mansion

Spilling the Gender Identi-Tea

Man with short black hair in a blue dress in front of a mural depicting lips in rainbow colors

Man with short black hair in a blue dress in front of a mural depicting lips in rainbow colors

Lip Service: Homophobia in the Age of Pride

Man wearing a citrus-print dress with yellow bow in his hair gazes up at a large spider sculpture on the wall

Man wearing a citrus-print dress with yellow bow in his hair gazes up at a large spider sculpture on the wall

A Stranger Came to My Room at Night

Red and white building in Havana, Cuba with a man in a pink dress standing in front

Red and white building in Havana, Cuba with a man in a pink dress standing in front

May 2019 One Month Project Retrospective

Man with long black hair in a pastel floral dress standing in front of a

Man with long black hair in a pastel floral dress standing in front of a

Happy One-Year Anniversary, San Francisco

Man with long brown hair and a sun hat wearing a blue dress sitting in a blue patterned room

Man with long brown hair and a sun hat wearing a blue dress sitting in a blue patterned room

True Prep: May 2019 One Month Project

Man with long brown hair wearing a sun hat in a pink dress standing in front of a pool house

Man with long brown hair wearing a sun hat in a pink dress standing in front of a pool house

April 2019 One Month Project Retrospective

Man with long black hair wearing a black and red dress looking at a neon skyscraper sculpture

Man with long black hair wearing a black and red dress looking at a neon skyscraper sculpture

A Coding Challenge A Day Keeps the Comfort Zone Away: April 2019 One Month Project

Woman with pink hair and grey sweatsuit standing in front of a plant-adorned mirror

Woman with pink hair and grey sweatsuit standing in front of a plant-adorned mirror

An Interview with Hadiyah, Founder of Fairy Glow Mother, Inclusive and Trans-Friendly Skincare Service

March 2019 One Month Project Retrospective

Picture-Perfect Organization: March 2019 One Month Project

Femme Visibility at the Lesbians Who Tech Summit

February 2019 One Month Project Retrospective

Fully Stacked: February 2019 One Month Project

January 2019 One Month Project Retrospective

Man with long brown hair in orange dress sitting on top of a boat at sunset

Man with long brown hair in orange dress sitting on top of a boat at sunset

A Tour of My Islamorada Houseboat Airbnb

Man with long brown hair in white dress at

Man with long brown hair in white dress at

History and Architecture in Old Town, Key West

Man in pink pineapple print dress standing in front of Key West mural

Man in pink pineapple print dress standing in front of Key West mural

A Stroll Around Old Town, Key West

Man with long black hair in a light pink dress standing in front of a hot pink lifeguard tower at night

Man with long black hair in a light pink dress standing in front of a hot pink lifeguard tower at night

Midnight on Miami Beach

Man with long brown hair in pink dress leaning against a turquoise Chevrolet

Man with long brown hair in pink dress leaning against a turquoise Chevrolet

Robert Is Here Fruit Stand

Man in pink pineapple print dress walking a yellow bike

Man in pink pineapple print dress walking a yellow bike

Tight Schedules, High Adrenaline

Man with long brown hair in turquoise printed dress with a sun hat in front of the ocean

Man with long brown hair in turquoise printed dress with a sun hat in front of the ocean

January 2019 One Month Project Halfway Point

Man with long brown hair in white dress posing next to a lobster cutout

Man with long brown hair in white dress posing next to a lobster cutout

The Curious Incident of the Cake in the Morning-Time

Man with long black hair in pink dress facing a bright turquoise body of water

Man with long black hair in pink dress facing a bright turquoise body of water

Roadside Photo Ops En Route to Key West

Man with long brown hair in pink dress posing next to a red

Man with long brown hair in pink dress posing next to a red

To Call Out or Not to Call Out

Man with long brown hair in printed dress standing in front of a seashell shop

Man with long brown hair in printed dress standing in front of a seashell shop

The Sweetest Seashell Sculptures in Sanibel

Man with long brown hair in pink dress sitting in front of a large sign that says

Man with long brown hair in pink dress sitting in front of a large sign that says

Cake Time at The Bubble Room

Man with long brown hair in yellow sundress standing by a blue golf cart

Man with long brown hair in yellow sundress standing by a blue golf cart

A Day on Captiva Island

Silhouette of a man walking into the sunset on a beach

Silhouette of a man walking into the sunset on a beach

I Tried to Kill My Inner Artist

Man with black hair in blue Lilly Pulitzer dress looking for seashells on the beach

Man with black hair in blue Lilly Pulitzer dress looking for seashells on the beach

Hidden Treasures on the Sandbar

Man with long brown hair in orange dress standing next to a palm tree during sunset

Man with long brown hair in orange dress standing next to a palm tree during sunset

Long Drives and Muted Sunsets

Man with long brown hair in aqua dress sitting on white marble steps

Man with long brown hair in aqua dress sitting on white marble steps

Parents’ Homes, Nostalgic Memories

Man with dark hair looking at a painting of the sunset with his hands clasped behind his back

Man with dark hair looking at a painting of the sunset with his hands clasped behind his back

The Best Kind of Escapism: January 2019 One Month Project

Man with long brown hair in black romper holding a pink

Man with long brown hair in black romper holding a pink

Twenty-Two and a Half

Man with long brown hair standing in front of glowing sign that reads

Man with long brown hair standing in front of glowing sign that reads

Premonitions and Resolutions for 2019

Dressember 2018 End Impact & Outfit Round-Up

Man in a dress standing in front of a glowing lotus sculpture

Man in a dress standing in front of a glowing lotus sculpture

Insights From My December 2018 One Month Project

Man with long brown hair in striped romper sitting on top of a pile of chains

Man with long brown hair in striped romper sitting on top of a pile of chains

Toxic Beliefs I Unlearned in 2018, Part 2

Toxic Beliefs I Unlearned in 2018, Part 1

Man with long brown hair in white dress standing on a marble porch

Man with long brown hair in white dress standing on a marble porch

Did I Achieve My 2018 New Year’s Resolutions?

Man with long brown hair in black dress standing next to decorated Christmas tree

Man with long brown hair in black dress standing next to decorated Christmas tree

All I Want For Christmas Are These “Unrealistic” Things

Silhouette of a man in front of a white building with blue windows

Silhouette of a man in front of a white building with blue windows

Confronting Perfectionism in My December 2018 One Month Project

An Interview with Kristen, Founder and CEO of Love, Sylvie Subscription Perfume

Man with long brown hair and black dress standing by a mural reading

Man with long brown hair and black dress standing by a mural reading

Bringing Structure Back Into My Life With One Month Projects

Man with long brown hair in a blue dress sitting in front of a pink, red, and aqua painting

Man with long brown hair in a blue dress sitting in front of a pink, red, and aqua painting

In My Perfect World, Gender Wouldn’t Exist

Man with pink bow in long brown hair in blue dress with a men's bathroom sign pointing at him

Man with pink bow in long brown hair in blue dress with a men's bathroom sign pointing at him

Inside the ‘Masculine of Center Femme’ Oxymoron

Man with long brown hair in black romper standing in front of a blue and pink wall

Man with long brown hair in black romper standing in front of a blue and pink wall

A Two-Part Inquiry Into My Thoughts About Gender

What Being an “Influencer” Means to Me

Man with long brown hair in pink dress standing on an aqua balcony in front of two red doors

Man with long brown hair in pink dress standing on an aqua balcony in front of two red doors

Dressember: Taking A Stand for Personal Sovereignty

Man with long black hair and yellow dress standing in the doorway of a colorful mural

Man with long black hair and yellow dress standing in the doorway of a colorful mural

Startup Launches, Cuban Getaways, and Plastic Surgery, Oh My!

Man dressed as a honey bear sitting in front of a honey bear mural

Man dressed as a honey bear sitting in front of a honey bear mural

fnnch Honey Bear DIY Costume

Man with red bow in long brown hair in white dress looking at his watch

Man with red bow in long brown hair in white dress looking at his watch

Meet My Classic Wood Watch + Get One of Your Own

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Confronting My Fear Of Heights

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Too Girly to be Trans?

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Self-Discipline Without Self-Shame

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

You Have A Vote, So Use It

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

My Coming-of-Age Summer: A Story in Pictures

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Getting Over the Fear of Trying

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Join Me In My Existential Crisis

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

How I’ve Changed Since Coming Out as Gender Nonconforming

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

So We Meet Again, San Francisco

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Inside My Unplanned Blogging Sabbatical

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Pivot: I Completely Re-Wrote My Thesis in 12 Days

The Blogger’s Technical Guide to WordPress | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

The Blogger’s Technical Guide to WordPress | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

The Blogger’s Technical Guide to WordPress

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Stop Trying to Avoid Getting Hurt

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Paying My New Years’ Goals a Springtime Visit

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

How I Pulled Myself out of A Gigantic Rabbit Hole of Sadness

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

New Orleans Picture Tour: Food & Drink

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

New Orleans Picture Tour: Art & Scenery

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Why We Broke Up

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Treat Yourself Like You’d Treat Your Significant Other

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

How I’m Getting ALL My Sh*t Done This Semester

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

How to Achieve Your Goals With No Motivation Whatsoever

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Working Hard, Playing Hard, & Designing Environments for Both

How Fashion Modeling Made Me A Better Software Engineer | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

How Fashion Modeling Made Me A Better Software Engineer | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

How Fashion Modeling Made Me A Better Software Engineer

What Photoshoots are Actually Like | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

What Photoshoots are Actually Like | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

What Photoshoots are Actually Like

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Snip Snip! I Got Rid Of Half Of My Hair & All of My Fucks

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

A Manifesto for Dreamers and Schemers [Old Version]

Eccentric Style, the Internet, and Gender Dysphoria: Genevieve’s Transition Story | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Eccentric Style, the Internet, and Gender Dysphoria: Genevieve’s Transition Story | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Eccentric Style, the Internet, and Gender Dysphoria: Genevieve’s Transition Story

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Waking Up at 5 AM Every Day

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

The Secret to Knowing and Experiencing Anything

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

I’m Fake and Basic, and It’s Time to Get Real

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

5 Bad Habits I’m Waving Goodbye To Forever

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

How to Schedule Your Time Effectively

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Every Time You Look at A Meme, You Lose 30 Seconds of Your Life

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

52 Weeks of Momentum + My Top 5 (Concrete) Goals for 2018

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Twenty-One and a Half

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

All the Little Choices We Make: On Stoicism & the New Year

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Stop Waiting for Permission to be Free

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

A Non-Girl in a Dress: The Real Reason I Started Fake and Basic

Anthropologie Structured Wovens Buying Intern | An Interview with Julia Girman | Fake & Basic

Anthropologie Structured Wovens Buying Intern | An Interview with Julia Girman | Fake & Basic

An Interview with Julia, Anthropologie Structured Wovens Buying Intern

An Interview with an Urban Outfitters Music Intern | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview with an Urban Outfitters Music Intern | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview with Sam, Urban Outfitters Music Intern

An Interview With Urban Outfitters Furniture Lighting and Storage Intern | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview With Urban Outfitters Furniture Lighting and Storage Intern | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview with Cameron, Urban Outfitters Home Design Intern

An Interview With Urban Outfitters UX UI Intern | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview With Urban Outfitters UX UI Intern | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview with Natalie, Urban Outfitters UX/UI Design Intern

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Twenty-One

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Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Five Years Out of the Closet

An Interview With an Urban Outfitters Business Analyst Intern | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview With an Urban Outfitters Business Analyst Intern | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview With Billy, URBN Business Analyst Intern

An Interview With a BHLDN Dress Buying Intern | Urban Outfitters Internship | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview With a BHLDN Dress Buying Intern | Urban Outfitters Internship | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

An Interview with Carlie, BHLDN Dress Buying Intern

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Farewell to Third Year

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Say Hello to URBN’s First iOS Engineer Intern

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

I Tried the Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino So You Don’t Have To

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

How To Deal With Impostor Syndrome

Long-Form

Man with long brown hair in pink dress smiling against red wall in Havana

Man with long brown hair in pink dress smiling against red wall in Havana

2020 New Years’ Resolutions

Man with short black hair in little black dress posing in ivy-covered archway

Man with short black hair in little black dress posing in ivy-covered archway

2019 New Years’ Resolutions Review: Big-Picture Goals

Man with black hair in white dress lying down inside a red circular wall

Man with black hair in white dress lying down inside a red circular wall

2019 New Years’ Resolutions Review: One Month Projects

Man with short black hair in blue dress standing in front of LACMA Urban Light in Los Angeles, CA

Man with short black hair in blue dress standing in front of LACMA Urban Light in Los Angeles, CA

Coming Full Circle

Man with long brown hair and bright red dress standing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA

Man with long brown hair and bright red dress standing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA

Decadent and Disillusioned

Sieve of Eratosthenes sculpture at Stanford University with a man in a white dress lying face-down in front

Sieve of Eratosthenes sculpture at Stanford University with a man in a white dress lying face-down in front

Worthless Unless Productive

Man with short black hair and a white dress sitting in front of a mural of a bubble bursting with his head in his hands

Man with short black hair and a white dress sitting in front of a mural of a bubble bursting with his head in his hands

The End of Certainty

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Man with short black hair and a blue dress standing under an It's A Boy sign

Introducing Marty Noel Chenyao

Man with short black hair and red lipstick standing in a striped navy romper and black pumps

Man with short black hair and red lipstick standing in a striped navy romper and black pumps

When I Quit Fashion Blogging

Man with short black hair in blue dress standing within a giant picture frame against a blue sky

Man with short black hair in blue dress standing within a giant picture frame against a blue sky

The Very Picture of “Normal”

Man with short black hair in white dress holding a silver 23 birthday balloon

Man with short black hair in white dress holding a silver 23 birthday balloon

Countdown to Twenty-Three

Man with long brown hair in white dress heading through gate of the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, PA

Man with long brown hair in white dress heading through gate of the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, PA

One of These Things is Not Like the Others

Man with long brown hair in a green and white striped dress against a pink background

Man with long brown hair in a green and white striped dress against a pink background

Why I Started Wearing Heels

Man with short black hair in gay pride romper posing against a hot pink background

Man with short black hair in gay pride romper posing against a hot pink background

How to Be A Better LGBTQIA+ Ally

Man with short black hair in a purple polka dotted dress holding a Tinky Winky doll against a pink background

Man with short black hair in a purple polka dotted dress holding a Tinky Winky doll against a pink background

In High Praise of Tinky Winky

Man with short black hair in a blue dress entering the men's room

Man with short black hair in a blue dress entering the men's room

“He/Him, Please”

Man with long brown hair in red dress against a mural that reads

Man with long brown hair in red dress against a mural that reads

The Lover’s Dilemma

Man with short black hair in red dress standing with his arms crossed in the LACMA Urban Light exhibit in Los Angeles, CA

Man with short black hair in red dress standing with his arms crossed in the LACMA Urban Light exhibit in Los Angeles, CA

All the Rage

Man with long brown hair in a pink and white dress against a pink background

Man with long brown hair in a pink and white dress against a pink background

Sweetly Subversive: Feminine Aesthetic as Performance Art

Man with short black hair in a black dress with cartoon boobs on it against a pink background

Man with short black hair in a black dress with cartoon boobs on it against a pink background

I Fucking Hate My Titties

Man in a white dress with a white bow in his long black hair sitting in front of a pink geometric object

Man in a white dress with a white bow in his long black hair sitting in front of a pink geometric object

Gender Dysphoria Does Not Excuse Treating People Badly

Man with long brown hair in white dress leaning off of a black semicircle fence over the ocean

Man with long brown hair in white dress leaning off of a black semicircle fence over the ocean

If I Were A (Cis) Boy

Multiple reflections of a man with black hair in a blue dress in a hall of mirrors

Multiple reflections of a man with black hair in a blue dress in a hall of mirrors

“Am I Handsome?”: My Earliest Memory of Gender Dysphoria

Man with short black hair in pink dress drinking out of a blue teacup in a pink marble mansion

Man with short black hair in pink dress drinking out of a blue teacup in a pink marble mansion

Spilling the Gender Identi-Tea

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Man with short black hair in a blue dress in front of a mural depicting lips in rainbow colors

Lip Service: Homophobia in the Age of Pride

Man wearing a citrus-print dress with yellow bow in his hair gazes up at a large spider sculpture on the wall

Man wearing a citrus-print dress with yellow bow in his hair gazes up at a large spider sculpture on the wall

A Stranger Came to My Room at Night

Man with long black hair in a pastel floral dress standing in front of a

Man with long black hair in a pastel floral dress standing in front of a

Happy One-Year Anniversary, San Francisco

Femme Visibility at the Lesbians Who Tech Summit

Man with long brown hair in orange dress sitting on top of a boat at sunset

Man with long brown hair in orange dress sitting on top of a boat at sunset

A Tour of My Islamorada Houseboat Airbnb

Man with long brown hair in white dress at

Man with long brown hair in white dress at

History and Architecture in Old Town, Key West

Man in pink pineapple print dress standing in front of Key West mural

Man in pink pineapple print dress standing in front of Key West mural

A Stroll Around Old Town, Key West

Man with long black hair in a light pink dress standing in front of a hot pink lifeguard tower at night

Man with long black hair in a light pink dress standing in front of a hot pink lifeguard tower at night

Midnight on Miami Beach

Man with long brown hair in pink dress leaning against a turquoise Chevrolet

Man with long brown hair in pink dress leaning against a turquoise Chevrolet

Robert Is Here Fruit Stand

Man in pink pineapple print dress walking a yellow bike

Man in pink pineapple print dress walking a yellow bike

Tight Schedules, High Adrenaline

Man with long brown hair in white dress posing next to a lobster cutout

Man with long brown hair in white dress posing next to a lobster cutout

The Curious Incident of the Cake in the Morning-Time

Man with long black hair in pink dress facing a bright turquoise body of water

Man with long black hair in pink dress facing a bright turquoise body of water

Roadside Photo Ops En Route to Key West

Man with long brown hair in pink dress posing next to a red

Man with long brown hair in pink dress posing next to a red

To Call Out or Not to Call Out

Man with long brown hair in printed dress standing in front of a seashell shop

Man with long brown hair in printed dress standing in front of a seashell shop

The Sweetest Seashell Sculptures in Sanibel

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Man with long brown hair in pink dress sitting in front of a large sign that says

Cake Time at The Bubble Room

Man with long brown hair in yellow sundress standing by a blue golf cart

Man with long brown hair in yellow sundress standing by a blue golf cart

A Day on Captiva Island

Silhouette of a man walking into the sunset on a beach

Silhouette of a man walking into the sunset on a beach

I Tried to Kill My Inner Artist

Man with black hair in blue Lilly Pulitzer dress looking for seashells on the beach

Man with black hair in blue Lilly Pulitzer dress looking for seashells on the beach

Hidden Treasures on the Sandbar

Man with long brown hair in orange dress standing next to a palm tree during sunset

Man with long brown hair in orange dress standing next to a palm tree during sunset

Long Drives and Muted Sunsets

Man with long brown hair in aqua dress sitting on white marble steps

Man with long brown hair in aqua dress sitting on white marble steps

Parents’ Homes, Nostalgic Memories

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Man with long brown hair in black romper holding a pink

Twenty-Two and a Half

Man with long brown hair standing in front of glowing sign that reads

Man with long brown hair standing in front of glowing sign that reads

Premonitions and Resolutions for 2019

Man with long brown hair in striped romper sitting on top of a pile of chains

Man with long brown hair in striped romper sitting on top of a pile of chains

Toxic Beliefs I Unlearned in 2018, Part 2

Toxic Beliefs I Unlearned in 2018, Part 1

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Man with long brown hair in black dress standing next to decorated Christmas tree

All I Want For Christmas Are These “Unrealistic” Things

Man with long brown hair in a blue dress sitting in front of a pink, red, and aqua painting

Man with long brown hair in a blue dress sitting in front of a pink, red, and aqua painting

In My Perfect World, Gender Wouldn’t Exist

Man with pink bow in long brown hair in blue dress with a men's bathroom sign pointing at him

Man with pink bow in long brown hair in blue dress with a men's bathroom sign pointing at him

Inside the ‘Masculine of Center Femme’ Oxymoron

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Man with long brown hair in black romper standing in front of a blue and pink wall

A Two-Part Inquiry Into My Thoughts About Gender

What Being an “Influencer” Means to Me

Man with long black hair and yellow dress standing in the doorway of a colorful mural

Man with long black hair and yellow dress standing in the doorway of a colorful mural

Startup Launches, Cuban Getaways, and Plastic Surgery, Oh My!

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Confronting My Fear Of Heights

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Too Girly to be Trans?

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

You Have A Vote, So Use It

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

My Coming-of-Age Summer: A Story in Pictures

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

How I’ve Changed Since Coming Out as Gender Nonconforming

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

So We Meet Again, San Francisco

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Inside My Unplanned Blogging Sabbatical

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Pivot: I Completely Re-Wrote My Thesis in 12 Days

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Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

New Orleans Picture Tour: Food & Drink

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

New Orleans Picture Tour: Art & Scenery

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Why We Broke Up

What Photoshoots are Actually Like | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

What Photoshoots are Actually Like | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

What Photoshoots are Actually Like

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Snip Snip! I Got Rid Of Half Of My Hair & All of My Fucks

Eccentric Style, the Internet, and Gender Dysphoria: Genevieve’s Transition Story | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Eccentric Style, the Internet, and Gender Dysphoria: Genevieve’s Transition Story | Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake & Basic

Eccentric Style, the Internet, and Gender Dysphoria: Genevieve’s Transition Story

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Twenty-One and a Half

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

A Non-Girl in a Dress: The Real Reason I Started Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Twenty-One

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Mimi Nadia Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Five Years Out of the Closet

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

Farewell to Third Year

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Marty Noel Chenyao | Fake and Basic

I Tried the Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino So You Don’t Have To

Fluff

Man with short black hair in snowman costume

Man with short black hair in snowman costume

Weather-Confused Snowman DIY Costume

Man with short black hair in a green Christmas sweater and black pants on a red background

Man with short black hair in a green Christmas sweater and black pants on a red background

Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Man with long brown hair and a white dress standing in front of a windmill against a bright blue sky

Man with long brown hair and a white dress standing in front of a windmill against a bright blue sky

Young and Beautiful / Lana del Rey

Man in reindeer onesie against a red background

Man in reindeer onesie against a red background

Reindeer Onesie

Man with short black hair in a white dress with a banana duct-taped to his chest standing in front of a yellow wall

Man with short black hair in a white dress with a banana duct-taped to his chest standing in front of a yellow wall

Duct Tape Banana DIY Costume

Man in a penguin onesie standing in front of a blue wall

Man in a penguin onesie standing in front of a blue wall

Penguin Onesie

Man with short black hair and a red-and-white striped shift dress standing in front of three giant red ornaments

Man with short black hair and a red-and-white striped shift dress standing in front of three giant red ornaments

Peppermint Delight Dress

Man with long brown hair in white dress with pink lemons on it standing in front of a bright pink wall

Man with long brown hair in white dress with pink lemons on it standing in front of a bright pink wall

Pink Lemonade Dress

Man with long brown hair in a purple dress with a tropical pattern standing in front of a yellow wall

Man with long brown hair in a purple dress with a tropical pattern standing in front of a yellow wall

Purple Tropics Dress

Man with long brown hair in a blue and white dress standing on the beach

Man with long brown hair in a blue and white dress standing on the beach

Blue Dream Dress

Man with short black hair dressed as a paragraph of Instagram hashtags standing in front of a light blue wall

Man with short black hair dressed as a paragraph of Instagram hashtags standing in front of a light blue wall

Paragraph of Hashtags DIY Costume

Man with long brown hair in a lucky cat costume sitting against a pale pink wall

Man with long brown hair in a lucky cat costume sitting against a pale pink wall

Maneki Neko / Lucky Cat DIY Costume

Man with short black hair in black dress with yellow flowers and a bucket hat standing against a yellow wall

Man with short black hair in black dress with yellow flowers and a bucket hat standing against a yellow wall

Raoul Duke / Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas DIY Costume

Man with long brown hair in velvet dress standing on a cliffside with arms raised

Man with long brown hair in velvet dress standing on a cliffside with arms raised

Hello Seattle / Owl City

Man with long brown hair in a red dress standing in the Urban Light exhibit at LACMA in Los Angeles, CA

Man with long brown hair in a red dress standing in the Urban Light exhibit at LACMA in Los Angeles, CA

My Heart Is Lost / blackbear

Man in a striped dress standing in front of the ocean with his hair blowing in his face

Man in a striped dress standing in front of the ocean with his hair blowing in his face

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea / Neutral Milk Hotel

Man with short brown hair in a black dress touching a purple crystal in a deep purple room

Man with short brown hair in a black dress touching a purple crystal in a deep purple room

Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) / Kid Cudi ft. MGMT, Ratatat

Man with long brown hair in a yellow dress standing on an aqua lifeguard tower in front of a teal sky

Man with long brown hair in a yellow dress standing on an aqua lifeguard tower in front of a teal sky

Venice Bitch / Lana Del Rey

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing in an intricate pink doorway

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing in an intricate pink doorway

Castle / Halsey

Man with long brown hair in an orange dress standing against the ocean on a sunny, windy day

Man with long brown hair in an orange dress standing against the ocean on a sunny, windy day

Liquorlip Loaded Gun / Sticky Fingers

Man with long brown hair in black romper standing against pink marble pillars

Man with long brown hair in black romper standing against pink marble pillars

Dreams Tonite / Alvvays

4 LIFE / lil aaron

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds / The Beatles

Man with long brown hair in a pink dress standing in the ocean with one arm raised at night

Man with long brown hair in a pink dress standing in the ocean with one arm raised at night

Perfect Places / Lorde

Man with long brown hair in a blue dress standing next to a graffiti image of a human heart

Man with long brown hair in a blue dress standing next to a graffiti image of a human heart

Tumblr Girls / G-Eazy ft. Christoph Andersson

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing on a red sports car

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing on a red sports car

Bad Girls / M.I.A.

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing against a tall pink building

Man with long brown hair in a black romper standing against a tall pink building

Legend / G-Eazy

Man with long brown hair in an aqua dress standing in front of a stained glass building

Man with long brown hair in an aqua dress standing in front of a stained glass building

ME! / Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie

Man with long brown ponytail in red floral dress facing a row of colorful buildings in Havana, Cuba

Man with long brown ponytail in red floral dress facing a row of colorful buildings in Havana, Cuba

Havana / Camila Cabello

Man with a straw hat in a blue-and-white striped dress standing against a yellow lifeguard tower on the beach during a sunny day

Man with a straw hat in a blue-and-white striped dress standing against a yellow lifeguard tower on the beach during a sunny day

Safe and Sound / Capital Cities

Man with long brown hair and brightly colored whale dress standing against a light pink wall

Man with long brown hair and brightly colored whale dress standing against a light pink wall

break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored / Ariana Grande

Man with long brown hair in a striped romper standing in front of a glowing Ferris wheel at night

Man with long brown hair in a striped romper standing in front of a glowing Ferris wheel at night

Mine / Bazzi

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