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abbie_'s review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
When I read An Apartment on Uranus, I knew immediately that Paul B. Preciado is 10000 x smarter than I am. I went into Can the Monster Speak? knowing this, yet still felt way out of my depth. Despite being much shorter, since Uranus was an essay collection there were some essays that felt more within my grasp. This book is a furious missive, with all of Preciado's anger fuelled at a room of psychoanalysts who view him, a trans man, as a person suffering a mental illness. I believe Preciado originally gave this speech at a psychology conference but was literally booed off stage before he could finish. That in itself should tell you that psycoanalysis is in need of complete overhaul.
My favourite part was Preciado talking about his transition as escaping one set of boundaries only to be hemmed in by a brand new set living life as a man. Gender really is some fuckery.
A lot of it did go over my head, and would probably benefit from a reread plus some further reading to grasp fully.
My favourite part was Preciado talking about his transition as escaping one set of boundaries only to be hemmed in by a brand new set living life as a man. Gender really is some fuckery.
A lot of it did go over my head, and would probably benefit from a reread plus some further reading to grasp fully.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
dafni's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia
blues's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Questa lettura mi è piaciuta molto e da persona non binaria l’ho trovata particolarmente vicina a me e al mio percorso di vita. Mi ha lasciato molti spunti di riflessione che penso mi rimarranno in testa per in po’. Mi sento caldamente di consigliare questo libro e sono già pront* a prestarlo ad alcun* conoscenti per far sí che possa diffondersi anche tra loro.
Un giorno spero davvero di poter essere riconosciut* semplicemente come essere umano e non sempre con una M o una F accanto al mio nome. Da una parte penso che un cambiamento come quello di cui lui parla alla fine del libro sia inevitabile, ma allo stesso tempo mi dispiace molto pensare che probabilmente non lo vedró mai davvero di persona. Continueró a lottare perché questo accada per le generazioni future almeno.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Biphobia, Sexism, Classism, Xenophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Homophobia
francescaastraea's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
This book should be on the reading lists of every humanities department's courses until the end of recorded time, and also pressed into the hands of everyone you've ever met
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia and Medical trauma
Minor: Rape and Racism
punkhunk's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
fabulously laid out argument with references to real world examples of change outside the realm of psychology to show the impact individuals can make in regards to change as a whole.
an exploration into psychoanalysis in comparison to the experiences of a psychoanalyzed trans person who transitioned in adulthood. a plea to the psychoanalyst community to break free of previous confines of their practices to listen to trans people about their persecution and history.
my one critique, which is extremely niche, is that he could have delved further into specific community interactions between psychologists and trans people, the power and violence wielded by psychologists against trans people, and the setbacks that sexologists and previous psycholgists faced in the name of progress. i highly recommend reading into Sandy Stone and Susan Stryker for more on this, who are both mentioned in this book.
an exploration into psychoanalysis in comparison to the experiences of a psychoanalyzed trans person who transitioned in adulthood. a plea to the psychoanalyst community to break free of previous confines of their practices to listen to trans people about their persecution and history.
my one critique, which is extremely niche, is that he could have delved further into specific community interactions between psychologists and trans people, the power and violence wielded by psychologists against trans people, and the setbacks that sexologists and previous psycholgists faced in the name of progress. i highly recommend reading into Sandy Stone and Susan Stryker for more on this, who are both mentioned in this book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Transphobia
mention of John Money, known child sexual abuser, and mentions of rape and sexual abuse of colonized persons.lizzie_r's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
The de-platforming Preciado faced at a conference on psychoanalysis led him to write out the planned address, to my great pleasure. This is more easily accessible than some of his academic-tinted work (Testo Junkie, Manifeste contrasexuel), in the vein of Un Appartement sur Uranus, geared towards an either hostile or ignorant audience. Necessary reading for anyone starting to take interest in public discourse on trans*.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Misogyny
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