Laid Off

What this episode covers

Ashley gets laid off, inferring through the business-speak that it was a means for the company to cut costs. She and Jay discuss searching for a new job now that Ashley is presenting as female full-time, but Ashley expresses doubts about whether she can pass during the entirety of an interviewing process--especially during phone interviews--and she forms a plan to deflate the elephant in the room. Jay asks Ashley to elaborate on her blooming albeit sporadic attraction to men, or more specifically, Ashley's newfound ability to determine which men are attractive. (No surprise here, but Rob Lowe and Ryan Gosling are on the list.) They also discuss how Ashley maintains her eyebrows (she was having them waxed even before she came out to herself), whether Ashley ever does her make-up in the car on the way to work, and if she's considered trying out a totally trashy or promiscuous make-up look, just for fun. Ashley teaches Jay a trick for bending a mascara brush to make it easier to apply and how one can smudge eyeliner with a cotton swab if one is without a dedicated eyeliner brush. They do not talk about nail polish.

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