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lottie1803's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
we_have_become_anathema's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
An anthology of queer life experiences, focusing on the joy of gender euphoria rather than the heartbreak of gender dysphoria.
bunnytim2's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Fun and lighthearted. Some of the contributors aren’t necessarily writers, and the editor contributes way more than it seems at first glance.
flimflam87's review against another edition
4.0
I understand where some of the complaints about this book are coming from. Certainly we need more stories from an abundance of perspectives, especially non-white, non-English ones.
However, I haven't had a chance to read any of the author's thoughts on gender euphoria itself, which isn't the focus of her other works, so I found a lot in there to be universally relatable.
There is also, frankly, a lot of trans writing out there that is inaccessible unless you are also deeply embedded and well-read in some intersecting ideologies, and I found it refreshing, here, to have a mixture of simple and complex euphorias to maximise both relatability and curiosity.
The chapters on sex, tattoos and video games really stood out to me as relatable, while other essays on faith and parenting gave me a desire to dig deeper into the way those massive topics intersect with our ability to feel euphoric in our selves and our lives.
As a trans person I am just immensely grateful that this book exists and rather than lambast the editor for choices made in this edition, I instead look forward to more anthologies by this author and other authors that will certainly open the gates wider to more diverse experiences within the trans, non-binary and agender bracket.
However, I haven't had a chance to read any of the author's thoughts on gender euphoria itself, which isn't the focus of her other works, so I found a lot in there to be universally relatable.
There is also, frankly, a lot of trans writing out there that is inaccessible unless you are also deeply embedded and well-read in some intersecting ideologies, and I found it refreshing, here, to have a mixture of simple and complex euphorias to maximise both relatability and curiosity.
The chapters on sex, tattoos and video games really stood out to me as relatable, while other essays on faith and parenting gave me a desire to dig deeper into the way those massive topics intersect with our ability to feel euphoric in our selves and our lives.
As a trans person I am just immensely grateful that this book exists and rather than lambast the editor for choices made in this edition, I instead look forward to more anthologies by this author and other authors that will certainly open the gates wider to more diverse experiences within the trans, non-binary and agender bracket.
joksas's review
picked this up to round out my nonfiction reads for the year and received surprise chapters about runescape and emo music; what a lil treat