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undertheteacup's review
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I am grateful to this collection for introducing me to [a:Freddie Milano|7923906|Freddie Milano|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1472925865p2/7923906.jpg] and [a:Helena Maeve|7232837|Helena Maeve|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442943872p2/7232837.jpg], whose stories were sexy (and dangerous), beautifully written, and full of realistic, compelling characters. I also loved [a:Andrea Speed|3020553|Andrea Speed|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1359797806p2/3020553.jpg]'s entry Orpheus Rising and its much needed dose of dark humor.
However, I can't believe something as grossly fetishistic of trans women as Cold, Bitter, Dark by Douglas Wojtowicz got past the editors. This is a story where the main character leverages his status as a police officer to sexually assault a trans woman (under the guise of stop and frisk) within minutes of meeting her - and yet we're supposed to find this violation romantic and root for their relationship. Multiple times the narrator describes the exact state of this woman's genitals, and we even have an appearance of the 'if I like a woman with a penis, does that make me gay?' trope, which is not only ignorant but dangerous. What a disaster. LT3 Press really needs a trans woman on their editorial staff and stories written by and from the perspective of trans women themselves, because this is just unacceptable.
However, I can't believe something as grossly fetishistic of trans women as Cold, Bitter, Dark by Douglas Wojtowicz got past the editors. This is a story where the main character leverages his status as a police officer to sexually assault a trans woman (under the guise of stop and frisk) within minutes of meeting her - and yet we're supposed to find this violation romantic and root for their relationship. Multiple times the narrator describes the exact state of this woman's genitals, and we even have an appearance of the 'if I like a woman with a penis, does that make me gay?' trope, which is not only ignorant but dangerous. What a disaster. LT3 Press really needs a trans woman on their editorial staff and stories written by and from the perspective of trans women themselves, because this is just unacceptable.
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