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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Dysphoria
Minor: Transphobia
emotional
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challenging
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reflective
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challenging
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medium-paced
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A good story. Some really lovely moments. I did find it a bit heavy handed and maudlin at times which was frustrating. It sort of felt too obvious and preachy. I think maybe also it described some peculiarly US forms of masculinity that seemed too alien.
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“If I was to be a man, I needed to believe in the possibility of a different like of masculinity, an expansion that included me. But how?”
I read this book for the first time a few months after starting testosterone as I was coming to terms with the possibilities for the future. I’m now in a place where I’m starting to navigate the world differently, and I felt myself being pulled back to this book again. I am perpetually grateful for the knowledge and wisdom that comes from those who have transitioned before me, and who share examples of what it looks like to come into your own masculinity. I’m still grappling with what masculinity means to me, and reading this felt like a warm hug, because I know that others have and continue to find a place in masculinity for themselves too.
I read this book for the first time a few months after starting testosterone as I was coming to terms with the possibilities for the future. I’m now in a place where I’m starting to navigate the world differently, and I felt myself being pulled back to this book again. I am perpetually grateful for the knowledge and wisdom that comes from those who have transitioned before me, and who share examples of what it looks like to come into your own masculinity. I’m still grappling with what masculinity means to me, and reading this felt like a warm hug, because I know that others have and continue to find a place in masculinity for themselves too.