the_vegan_bookworm's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

A beautiful anthology about the intersections of trans identity and queerness with autism and autistic identity. There are a range of tones and topics throughout the essays with poems included throughout.

Some of my favourites include:
  • a letter to a friend
  • Ableism in Poetry
  • The Realest Parts of Me
  • Neuroccino
  • I am trans and autistic, and yes (for me) they're related
  • The Power of Perspective

With this said, I did have concerns about the inclusion of "A Transtistic Evolution". I found that this essay had racist tones, specifically indicating that the author identified with two-spirit identity despite never specifying that they were indigenous. As well, the author stating that he wasn't attracted to certain skin tones in certain gender presentations, which is often a "polite" way to say they aren't attracted to racialized folks as a white person. That's not preference - that's just racism. Reading these statements, in addition to a brief statement where the author acknowledges their white privilege, made the whole essay very upsetting to read.

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moranguinhos's review

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0


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