reading an essay collection that plays with form like this was new and had a learning curve but i enjoyed nonetheless. some essays were five stars (particularly Remember The Time by v mike robert’s- annotation 66 made me understand that we’re cut from the same cloth) others missed for me

and one had a weird racist comment about racial preferences in attraction? weird and uncalled for

. overall validating and ill be lending out my copy most assuredly

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:

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.