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A review by wasa_mata
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Amazing read, very thankful for my teacher who chose this book for class. I genuinely think every Queer person should read it - actually everyone should. The Queer community is extremely present on the internet, but even us need a good « go touch some grass » moment and this book is pretty much that.
In a weird way this book pushed me back into activism movement. I left it during Covid, mostly due because of mental health, world events, too much time on the internet seeing how humans are dumb and disgusting. And while I still think the world is going crazy, it’s better to fight than not.
Can’t wait to read more of her works.
Here are some of my favorite quotes :
« We know so much about trauma but so little about how to heal it. » p. 9
« Are you an anti-SJW/alt-fighter trying to use this as fodder for your masturbatory Reddit thread? » p. 18
« Freedom is not abuse. Freedom is never abuse. » p.31
« Is it more important to you for your child to have an easy, « normal », life or a fulfilling, liberated one? » p. 105
« Safe and free are not the same thing // living and alive are not the same thing » p.153
In a weird way this book pushed me back into activism movement. I left it during Covid, mostly due because of mental health, world events, too much time on the internet seeing how humans are dumb and disgusting. And while I still think the world is going crazy, it’s better to fight than not.
Can’t wait to read more of her works.
Here are some of my favorite quotes :
« We know so much about trauma but so little about how to heal it. » p. 9
« Are you an anti-SJW/alt-fighter trying to use this as fodder for your masturbatory Reddit thread? » p. 18
« Freedom is not abuse. Freedom is never abuse. » p.31
« Is it more important to you for your child to have an easy, « normal », life or a fulfilling, liberated one? » p. 105
« Safe and free are not the same thing // living and alive are not the same thing » p.153