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Femme in Public by Alok Vaid-Menon

thepermageek's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

Haunting, Beautiful, & Heartbreaking poetry about the joys and sorrows of being a brown trans femme person in a racist, transphobic, femmephobic society.

 Only reason it wasn’t fully 5 stars was I wanted it to be a tad longer. It felt like there were 5-10 poems missing. Will continue reading anything/everything else they publish! 

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_lilbey_'s review

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5.0

Amazing.

kappareads's review against another edition

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5.0

It was one of those questions that felt more like a declaration, like, "I AM HURT."

"I had one of those answers that felt more like an apology, like, "I AM SORRY."


An astonishingly story but powerful poetry collection. This is the closest to tears I've been in a while after reading something.

Please buy this collection or if nothing else, look up Alok's performances online.

ambb's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

thewileyseven's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

xtinelovesmusic's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

disabledbookdragon's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

doomluz's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

indigoflorges's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

leyli's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0