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I am going to preface this review by saying I am not sure I am exactly the target audience for this book. While it is definitely for everyone, it caters more to the less informed in order to act as a guide. So a lot of the terminology and concepts being introduced were ones I was already familiar with. There was also a lot of the book directed at cis individuals, which I am not. My last critique was that I felt the book could have been organized a bit better. All that said, I did really enjoy this book and there was still a lot I learned. I liked the mix of personal anecdote and research, both through individual interviews and scientific studies/organization. And of course I deeply appreciated the honestly and vulnerability from the author about his experiences. I also loved the advice he gave to fellow trans people, especially on how to manage interactions with cis people. I definitely wish I had this book when I was trying to figure out how to come out to my parents. So overall this book was amazing and I highly recommend it.
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I learned so, so much in this book. It is just such a powerful book.
I would argue that this is both for those wanting to better their cis allyship and also for the trans community to hear about other's stories. It might struggle just a tiny bit, though because it does attempt to straddle that line a little bit. I think those who are trans will be able to skip over a few parts unless they are interested in getting a better way of teaching others in their lives in a patient and understanding way - and the author assures that is NOT those people's job. Only if they want it to be.
Still, as a cis ally, I learned so much and I'm so grateful. I laughed and I cried. Amazing source.
I would argue that this is both for those wanting to better their cis allyship and also for the trans community to hear about other's stories. It might struggle just a tiny bit, though because it does attempt to straddle that line a little bit. I think those who are trans will be able to skip over a few parts unless they are interested in getting a better way of teaching others in their lives in a patient and understanding way - and the author assures that is NOT those people's job. Only if they want it to be.
Still, as a cis ally, I learned so much and I'm so grateful. I laughed and I cried. Amazing source.
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Audiobook was not the best format for this work of nonfiction. I may be able to enjoy/finish if I was reading the print/ebook version due to the amount of information presented in each chapter.
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This book covers so much ground so well. A must-read!
This was a great book! I fully teared up at the end when Schuyler shared about his halmoni; it was so sweet.
I think I do have minor divergences (?) with him on some verbiage or the way certain things were presented for dating, or introducing yourself with pronouns. I think there could be some more nuance there — as he mentions, cis people can give pronouns but if you’re figuring it out that’s okay and you can hold that, but it’s something where I think in theory that’s great and inclusive, in application forces people figuring things out into an uncomfortable territory. But this book is also an informative one and I think having qualifiers for each and every single thing could detract from the purpose of this book.
He writes really well and I appreciated a lot of this book, especially the feedback section. It was something I’ve never considered before and it was a really interesting read.
I think I do have minor divergences (?) with him on some verbiage or the way certain things were presented for dating, or introducing yourself with pronouns. I think there could be some more nuance there — as he mentions, cis people can give pronouns but if you’re figuring it out that’s okay and you can hold that, but it’s something where I think in theory that’s great and inclusive, in application forces people figuring things out into an uncomfortable territory. But this book is also an informative one and I think having qualifiers for each and every single thing could detract from the purpose of this book.
He writes really well and I appreciated a lot of this book, especially the feedback section. It was something I’ve never considered before and it was a really interesting read.
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