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finalgirlfall's review
4.0
the essay on transformative justice was interesting and quite uncomfortable for me to read. going to be chewing on it for some time.
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vaguelyfrude's review against another edition
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4.75
rowdog's review against another edition
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4.75
I really enjoyed this book. As a trans man it felt so liberating to be able to see myself reflected in experiences but also to know my brothers are vast in life and style. I felt so heard in the nuance of a relationship to past identity. Specifically a relationship to past butch-ness. I literally have dyke tattooed on my ass but I believe it is through the labour and love of queer women that I’m able to be the lover and person I am today. Thank you CLB for a beautiful read!
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Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Suicide, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Car accident, Classism, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Drug use, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Addiction, Medical content, and Sexual content
vampyrrhic's review against another edition
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4.0
crabbycrabby's review against another edition
5.0
This was one of those books which I found at just the right time, amidst so many interior questions about masculinity, being trans, being a trans buddhist (sorta). Cooper's writing is so clear while also being nuanced and it made space for me to explore so many of my questions as I read his own reflections. I finished this last night feeling deeply appreciative...and wanting to write fanmail!
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4.75
agmaynard's review against another edition
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Well done! Memoir, essay/reportage, performance, poem. From the last paragraph: “Our duty as trans people writing memoir in this time is to resist and reject narrative forms and chronologies that limit the diversity of our multivalent bodies and lives. For this to work, we have to write fearlessly and non-didactically, and expect our non-trans readers to grab a handrail and to hold on for the ride.” Recommmended!
scrow1022's review against another edition
3.0
A book I felt I ought to want, ought to admire, and there's a lot of good, useful stuff in there... but mostly I felt the lessons were ones I was getting elsewhere and the language didn't particularly speak to me, so not a book I needed to keep as reference nor particularly wanted the energy of.
But what a change from five years ago even, that there are enough trans-masc memoirs to not feel beholden to each and every one of them.
But what a change from five years ago even, that there are enough trans-masc memoirs to not feel beholden to each and every one of them.
caedocyon's review against another edition
3.0
The last essay is on how trans memoir needs to evolve, and he's very right about that! This one isn't as far along as that unfortunately.