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We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre'vell Anderson
6 reviews
beckyraines's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
A wonderful blend of media criticism and memoir. I (white, cis) learned and unlearned a lot about gender and film, had a great time, and now I’ve got a long list of things to watch. Tre’vell is super engaging and was fun to listen to as the narrator. Going to recommend to my media studies professor from 8 years ago.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
bi_n_large's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Transphobia, and Racism
Moderate: Hate crime and Classism
grey_jayne's review
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This book is much needed discourse on Black & Trans media represention. Content is great, loved the Transcestors section and it is well researched and synthesized. Pose gets her own chapter, so does trans masc representation and nonbinary too. The TV show Sort Of gives me hope as well and was glad to see both it and Veneno got mentions. Many of the characters and people discussed were also part of my own many nonbinary trans awakenings so it was nostalgic and eye-opening to have things documented like this.
As someone with multiple reading disabilities, I found how receipts were interwoven into sentences was way overcomplicated. Often, I would need to reread the beginning of a sentence's structure without the infodump tangent to understand what was being said. Presenting the article or book info in footnotes would have made this a less challenging reading experience for me.
As someone with multiple reading disabilities, I found how receipts were interwoven into sentences was way overcomplicated. Often, I would need to reread the beginning of a sentence's structure without the infodump tangent to understand what was being said. Presenting the article or book info in footnotes would have made this a less challenging reading experience for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia and Racism
mari1532's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This is a beautifully written book. Part memoir, part journalistic analysis of trans representation in media Anderson weaves an important narrative about representation throughout his work.
I became a fan of Anderson's when they appeared on several Crooked Media podcasts and when I heard that they had written a book I was excited to give it a read. Luckily my local library had a copy of the audiobook available so I got to hear Anderson tell their story in their own voice, which I would highly recommend. One note I will make about the audiobook is at the end of every chapter Anderson provides additional viewing/listening/etcetera materials to explore the themes of the chapter more. I kept having to rewind to write everything down.
Although Anderson even says that this work is specific to their perspective and interpretations of the media discussed they do an excellent job of highlighting several different yet related topics throughout the book.
I highly recommend reading this book it is beautifully written, heartfelt, and entertaining.
I became a fan of Anderson's when they appeared on several Crooked Media podcasts and when I heard that they had written a book I was excited to give it a read. Luckily my local library had a copy of the audiobook available so I got to hear Anderson tell their story in their own voice, which I would highly recommend. One note I will make about the audiobook is at the end of every chapter Anderson provides additional viewing/listening/etcetera materials to explore the themes of the chapter more. I kept having to rewind to write everything down.
Although Anderson even says that this work is specific to their perspective and interpretations of the media discussed they do an excellent job of highlighting several different yet related topics throughout the book.
I highly recommend reading this book it is beautifully written, heartfelt, and entertaining.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
I treated this like an excellent list of movies to watch in the future and I enjoyed my time with it. The critiques are interesting and the author's expertise shines through them. A good concept executed well.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Murder
aus10england's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Took a little while to pick up, but I really enjoyed this! Very informative, especially for those interested in queer rep in media.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming and Racism
Minor: Sexual assault
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