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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
5.0
I don't think I've ever read a "memoir" like Thom's--complete with magical realism and double meanings. In an interview, Thom explains how she wanted to explore themes of love, hatred, desire, jealousy, safety, and danger within the trans community, and this definitely comes through. She gives us a look into an aspect of the trans community that seldom gets seen because we're all supposed to be about solidarity; and she does this in such a delicate way. This is, and I'll use Thom's words, both an apology and a love letter to the trans community.
Thom grabs you from the beginning, "I don't believe in safe spaces. They don't exist. I do, however, believe in dangerous stories." I love that she turns the stereotypical trans memoir on its head conveying all the things that can be contained in those works: danger, safety, violence love, loss, being lost, humor, art, etc., but in a different way.
I would recommend.
Thom grabs you from the beginning, "I don't believe in safe spaces. They don't exist. I do, however, believe in dangerous stories." I love that she turns the stereotypical trans memoir on its head conveying all the things that can be contained in those works: danger, safety, violence love, loss, being lost, humor, art, etc., but in a different way.
I would recommend.