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A review by uncannysol
Gender Euphoria by Laura Kate Dale
4.0
This is essential reading for everyone.
This book of essays collects diverse trans, intersex, and gender-non conforming experiences, at the intersection of language, play, work, desire, kink, family, grief, amongst others. Paracelsus wrote “He(she/they) who knows nothing, loves nothing”, a quote I read some 25 years ago. Now, it makes more sense than ever before. I wish more people would open their eyes, brains, and hearts to engage in books like this, that gently wrangle you to the humbling recognition of how little you know about something, and even how limited is your imagination if you were to try put yourself in someone else’s feet. Ig Paracelsus was right, then maybe this book can help you love (better).
Unsurprisingly, many of the euphoric (and dysphoric) moments described in these essays were not entirely unfamiliar to me. I always suspected something for which I did not have role model, and for which I had no words. Therefore, this collection of essays can also help you see yourself (or that person in your life for whom you are reading this book) in others, less alone, more POSSIBLE. So if you are interrogating gender, this books is also for you.
Paracelsus continues “Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes."I can say that at end of the 200+ pages I find myself more knowledgeable, more compassionate, and more connected to my body and blooming gender identity, and better prepared to be there for others.
Does having read this book make me a more loving grape?
This book of essays collects diverse trans, intersex, and gender-non conforming experiences, at the intersection of language, play, work, desire, kink, family, grief, amongst others. Paracelsus wrote “He(she/they) who knows nothing, loves nothing”, a quote I read some 25 years ago. Now, it makes more sense than ever before. I wish more people would open their eyes, brains, and hearts to engage in books like this, that gently wrangle you to the humbling recognition of how little you know about something, and even how limited is your imagination if you were to try put yourself in someone else’s feet. Ig Paracelsus was right, then maybe this book can help you love (better).
Unsurprisingly, many of the euphoric (and dysphoric) moments described in these essays were not entirely unfamiliar to me. I always suspected something for which I did not have role model, and for which I had no words. Therefore, this collection of essays can also help you see yourself (or that person in your life for whom you are reading this book) in others, less alone, more POSSIBLE. So if you are interrogating gender, this books is also for you.
Paracelsus continues “Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes."I can say that at end of the 200+ pages I find myself more knowledgeable, more compassionate, and more connected to my body and blooming gender identity, and better prepared to be there for others.
Does having read this book make me a more loving grape?