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A review by flimflam87
Gender Euphoria by Laura Kate Dale
4.0
I understand where some of the complaints about this book are coming from. Certainly we need more stories from an abundance of perspectives, especially non-white, non-English ones.
However, I haven't had a chance to read any of the author's thoughts on gender euphoria itself, which isn't the focus of her other works, so I found a lot in there to be universally relatable.
There is also, frankly, a lot of trans writing out there that is inaccessible unless you are also deeply embedded and well-read in some intersecting ideologies, and I found it refreshing, here, to have a mixture of simple and complex euphorias to maximise both relatability and curiosity.
The chapters on sex, tattoos and video games really stood out to me as relatable, while other essays on faith and parenting gave me a desire to dig deeper into the way those massive topics intersect with our ability to feel euphoric in our selves and our lives.
As a trans person I am just immensely grateful that this book exists and rather than lambast the editor for choices made in this edition, I instead look forward to more anthologies by this author and other authors that will certainly open the gates wider to more diverse experiences within the trans, non-binary and agender bracket.
However, I haven't had a chance to read any of the author's thoughts on gender euphoria itself, which isn't the focus of her other works, so I found a lot in there to be universally relatable.
There is also, frankly, a lot of trans writing out there that is inaccessible unless you are also deeply embedded and well-read in some intersecting ideologies, and I found it refreshing, here, to have a mixture of simple and complex euphorias to maximise both relatability and curiosity.
The chapters on sex, tattoos and video games really stood out to me as relatable, while other essays on faith and parenting gave me a desire to dig deeper into the way those massive topics intersect with our ability to feel euphoric in our selves and our lives.
As a trans person I am just immensely grateful that this book exists and rather than lambast the editor for choices made in this edition, I instead look forward to more anthologies by this author and other authors that will certainly open the gates wider to more diverse experiences within the trans, non-binary and agender bracket.