Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt

6 reviews

abookwormspov's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Self harm, Hate crime, Grief, Body shaming, Medical content, Transphobia, Genocide, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

stevia333k's review

fast-paced

4.5

So this is a preview of "there are trans people here", so IDK how to rate these 2 books separately, but i will say the preview is way more dysphoric than the full-length.

so this full length one where a lot of the increase in hope seems to make a lot of ideas of a t4t city as imagery. i don't think i can say outloud an encounter i had while reading one of the poems in this book, but there was a connection made that made me think i need to recontextualize some things that i thought of during my life. 

so while it's beautiful in the sense of black lives matter statue art replacing colonizer statue art, i guess my mind went to: whose going to police the gender to make sure everyone is trans in a certain space? practically, it can go wrong very quickly, as the book "abolition feminism now" warns against.

anyways, the author's from chicagoland so i probably can get less alienated from the context of this imagery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Sexual violence

betsygrace's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Hate crime, Transphobia, Ableism, Sexual content, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Acephobia/Arophobia

jayisreading's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.5

So, on the one hand, I truly appreciated the emphasis on trans joy throughout these poems, highlighting the beauty of being trans, the richness of trans history, and celebrating all things trans. As Melt points out in their afterword, a lot of trans literature can be bleak; understandably, considering the violence and injustices trans people face. And I appreciate that they assert, “Now, I need trans joy. I need to know trans joy exists in order to imagine myself living in the future.”

On the other hand, I didn’t feel particularly drawn to any of these poems. I think the focus on euphoria was wonderful, but I didn’t vibe much with the style of the poems themselves and found them a little repetitive.

Read for the Sealey Challenge.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Hate crime

Minor: Suicide, Genocide, and Antisemitism

poemsandponds's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

I like how this collection highlights trans joy. So much of the trans narrative we're fed centers around dysphoria and ignores euphoria. Joy is an essential part of envisioning a future. 

I felt that it got a little repetitive at times though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Hate crime

Minor: Genocide

bric_a_bryce's review

emotional hopeful fast-paced

3.0

some good concepts but an overall flat style and delivery

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

Minor: Genocide and Sexual harassment