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tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
This isn’t a happy book. Seven chapters detailing the ways trans folks in the UK are hard done by the government, the medical establishment, the media, and the feminist movement make hard reading for those of us who stand, and/or love those who stand, under the trans umbrella. Nor did I find it the straightforward, super-obvious roadmap to trans liberation that many of the blurb-writers claimed it to be. Still, Faye’s bold voice and unflinching critiques of both the forces that try to crush trans folks and the tactics that (mostly white, middle class, cishet) moderate liberals think will save us make this book a balm for what ails us. (Spoiler alert: it’s capitalism. Capitalism is what ails us.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, and Medical content
Moderate: Hate crime, Drug use, Medical trauma, Racism, Xenophobia, Classism, Death, and Murder
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Classism, Transphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Deportation, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Ableism, Child abuse, Abortion, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Rape
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Acephobia/Arophobia, Racial slurs, and War
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