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moon_doggo97's review
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
LF (the goat) and other trans leaders emphasizing the need for working class solidarity in order to liberate not just ourselves but all oppressed people
radicalqueerreads's review
4.75
When we allow ourselves to be split along lines of oppression, we always lose. But when we put forward a collective list of demands together, and fight to defend each other from attacks, we frequently win.
modern_analog's review
4.0
I bought this book to use some direct quotes from Leslie Feinberg for a paper that I wrote in a sexuality studies course. It is simply an inspiring collection of transcriptions from speeches ze has given at a variety of conferences and forums on gender identity. Ze discusses trans issues such as feeling invisible in a society that mandates binary gender, as well as more important realities, such as the common lack of availability and access to trans-friendly health care. Feinberg incites hir audiences to continue to strive for a society where equality is guaranteed for everyone, poignantly arguing that this kind of liberation gives us all more freedom.
earthlight's review
5.0
An invigorating, deeply revolutionary optimistic and as relevant as ever collection of speeches, with essays and excerpts by other transgender individuals. Never forget Leslie was a Marxist, a Communist, a comrade.
"The people who make a difference in history are those who fight for freedom– not because they're guaranteed to succeed– but because it's the right thing to do. And that's the kind of fighters that history demands today. Not those who worship the accomplished fact. Not those who can only believe in what is visible today. But instead, people of conscience who dedicate their lives to what needs to be won, and what can be won. I am confident you and I will find each other, shoulder-to-shoulder, in that historic struggle."
"The people who make a difference in history are those who fight for freedom– not because they're guaranteed to succeed– but because it's the right thing to do. And that's the kind of fighters that history demands today. Not those who worship the accomplished fact. Not those who can only believe in what is visible today. But instead, people of conscience who dedicate their lives to what needs to be won, and what can be won. I am confident you and I will find each other, shoulder-to-shoulder, in that historic struggle."