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p1nknyc's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
A great memoir from a trans actor, activist, singer. Talking about the struggles of finding herself in the 70’s and 80’s and her battle with addiction and identify in a time where it was such a taboo, to just be yourself.
finnthehuman217's review
5.0
I follow Alex and know of her through my love of the Nancy podcast and now tiktok where she starts all of her videos by saying “hi humans” and making lovely videos with her wife. I enjoy her use of humor in talking about her experiences. Her writing of how it felt when she was stoned was very freaky, it was like you were in your head. If I could give this 10/10 I would but the stars are only 5 lol. Your emails to both Larry Kramer as well as your message to your angels was incredible and I am so glad to know you exist
hanhantap's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Homophobia, and Addiction
Moderate: Death, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Drug use, and Drug abuse
jkribbit's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Raw, honest, emotional, brilliant. I loved this book. Sometimes the skipping around chronologically disoriented me, but it also felt true.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Excrement, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Addiction, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Drug use, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Medical content, and Deadnaming
stargoddess's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
4.0
Alex is an evocative writer who has lived an interesting life. The book jumps around a bit, which sometimes made it hard to follow, but overall very good.
verumsolum's review against another edition
I hate DNF-ing a book, but this one keeps glancing off parts of my past that are too sensitive for me to be comfortable with that. Between things that happened early in her life and the fact that we both left behind the same first name, it feels like it’s always on the verge of painful emotional territory for me. Please don’t take any of this as any judgment about the book; I didn’t read far enough to form a good opinion, and my reactions to it are (I think) more about my life history than anything Billings has written.