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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
A novella about a trans apocalpyse in which everyone needs to take estrogen or testosterone..... A wild ride this one. So different to Detransition, Baby!!!
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
A clever and fast-paced piece of speculative fiction concerned with trans sisterhood -- I really enjoyed it, though the ending was a bit abrupt.
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
probably one of my favorite short works of trans fiction ive ever read? tugs at ur heart strings in a very visceral way. thanks miss peters
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Transphobia
Moderate: Sexual content
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
wasn’t expecting to reflect on sisterhood so much. Speculative Trans Fiction is so engaging.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked this quite a bit! It definitely reads like an early work (which it is, so, fair), but it gets its ideas across well. This was obviously a big influence for Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, both narratively and thematically, so I'd say it's a must read for anyone who enjoyed that. Otherwise, I think it's a great little story about solidarity and the ways we can harm ourselves and others when we externalize our own insecurities. Definitely worth the read, especially now that it's easier to find in Stag Dance.
Perfectly paced and nuanced in the same vein as “Helicopter Story” with an equally allegorical dystopia. I’m midway through “Testo Junkie” and this made for a good companion piece/break from Preciado’s more theoretically dense chapters.
'Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones' has a super interesting premise - a dystopian future where a virus that causes people's bodies to stop naturally producing hormones causes everyone to live as trans people do. Strangely it's a comforting thought that even in the hormone apocalypse, the more things change the more they stay the same - we still deal with internalized transphobia; which is a large part of the story, as well as transmisogyny from TME people, we worry about being "clocked" as trans and get blamed for the end of civilization (although in this case, they're kind of right), but there's also comfort to be found in our makeshift t4t sisterhoods.
Even though there's a kind of hopelessness to this story in the idea that we'll probably remain marginalised forever, even at the end of the world, there is a comfort in the fact that we're in the margins together. It's put best in "Here's what it is - we aim high, trying to love each other and then we take what we can get. We settle for looking out for each other. And even if we don't all love each other, we mostly all respect each other."
Even though there's a kind of hopelessness to this story in the idea that we'll probably remain marginalised forever, even at the end of the world, there is a comfort in the fact that we're in the margins together. It's put best in "Here's what it is - we aim high, trying to love each other and then we take what we can get. We settle for looking out for each other. And even if we don't all love each other, we mostly all respect each other."
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes