aether 's review for:

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe

DID NOT FINISH

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Julian has an incredible way of writing these pointed, biting stories about what it means to be trans in a cis-centered world. Their perspective is so unique and their prose is fantastic. So much of the book resonated with me. I struggled to get through the eponymous short story, but even still it had much to say. "The Android That Designed Itself", "The Heavy Things", and "I Am a Beautiful Bug!" were particularly some of my favorites. While I couldn't relate to the trans-masc perspective, there are always pieces of the trans tapestry that resonate deeply and Julian weaves these tales well! 

Sermon for my fabricated body

Why does God create grapes and wheat, but not wine and bread?
God does this because God wants us to share in the act of creation.
To be how you made me, to become how God made me, through
you, I can remake myself. You and I: we are already only whole, and
shi1ing towards the divine.