MP Vare is an intuitive artist and community-trained writer, including studying creative nonfiction at Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. MP also co-hosts the Queerly It’s Lipedema podcast. MP’s creative landscape is shaped by becoming a later-in-life parent, the infertility journey that preceded parenthood, and the gender affirmation journey that followed. Their work explores the wonders and indignities of having a body, disenfranchised grief, and the shifting nature of identity.