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A comprehensive, researched, and evocative insight into the struggles of trans people in modern Britain and the areas to which we should look for strongest improvement. Faye’s writing is accessible and powerful.
Really interesting and well researched. My only complaint was it felt a little dense to read and more like an essay than a non fiction book if that makes sense. But important and necessary writing.
I am kicking myself to waiting so long to get to this book. It was phenomenal.
Each chapter tackles an area of change that Shon Faye wants to see for the betterment, not just of trans people, but for society as a whole.
What I loved most about this book was how Shon just gets it. She expresses nuance in every argument she makes; it is never trans people good, cis people bad which is an oversimplification that would immediately put cisgender people on the defence. Instead she hits us with fact, after fact, after fact dispelling myths and straight up lies about transgender people and what impact giving them more rights would have on society.
I've always thought our obsession with genitalia when it comes to transgender people, particularly trans women, was really weird; Shon's book was a wonderful, and much-needed, indictment of that line of thinking. I also liked that she refused to write a trans trauma memoir which seems to be the only platform on which trans people's writing can gain mainstream attention. Instead she has written a powerful, intelligent and measured polemic. I loved this, I can't recommend it enough not just to people with an interest in understanding more about the transgender experience but literally everyone because we could all stand to learn something from this fantastic work.
Thank you Shon and thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read this and share my thoughts. I hope my small contribution will encourage more people to pick up this fantastic book.
Each chapter tackles an area of change that Shon Faye wants to see for the betterment, not just of trans people, but for society as a whole.
What I loved most about this book was how Shon just gets it. She expresses nuance in every argument she makes; it is never trans people good, cis people bad which is an oversimplification that would immediately put cisgender people on the defence. Instead she hits us with fact, after fact, after fact dispelling myths and straight up lies about transgender people and what impact giving them more rights would have on society.
I've always thought our obsession with genitalia when it comes to transgender people, particularly trans women, was really weird; Shon's book was a wonderful, and much-needed, indictment of that line of thinking. I also liked that she refused to write a trans trauma memoir which seems to be the only platform on which trans people's writing can gain mainstream attention. Instead she has written a powerful, intelligent and measured polemic. I loved this, I can't recommend it enough not just to people with an interest in understanding more about the transgender experience but literally everyone because we could all stand to learn something from this fantastic work.
Thank you Shon and thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read this and share my thoughts. I hope my small contribution will encourage more people to pick up this fantastic book.
Wow. This is a life-changing, empathetic and powerful work of political journalism. Faye writes with clarity, conviction and compassion to put forward a multi-faceted and wholistic argument for trans liberation. A must read for anyone who calls themselves a feminist, who believes in equality or who wants to learn more about the institution of gender. I will be recommending this work to everyone who'll listen!
An exhilarating critical read. This book is masterful and necessary. It's importance really cannot be understated. Buy it for your Grandma, buy it for your neighbor. I can't even begin to list just how much I learned. How angry it made me. How ashamed it made me in realizing my own shortcomings and ignorance as a trans ally. How much I didn't see or even think to see. I took my time with this one, reading multiple chapters several times just wanting to sink in as much of Faye's writing and arguments as I could.
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I learnt a lot from this and am horrified on behalf of Trans people everywhere. We must do better.
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