howard's review
4.0
I both learned an incredible amount from this book and also didn't understand a single thought that Preciado put to page.
I don't really understand the choice to alternate chapters between hardcore academia and experience's from Preciado's own life but I find myself glad they were included. I very much enjoyed the break from theory and I also highly related to the sex, self-discovery, and love that explode during a period of significant grief. Relatable, yet also, ???
I don't really understand the choice to alternate chapters between hardcore academia and experience's from Preciado's own life but I find myself glad they were included. I very much enjoyed the break from theory and I also highly related to the sex, self-discovery, and love that explode during a period of significant grief. Relatable, yet also, ???
caedocyon's review against another edition
4.0
FINALLY MADE IT. The trick with this one was to not read sentences more than twice (and ideally not more than once). Didn't have any idea what the fuck they were talking about? Fuck it, press on! I still can't use the word necropolitics in a sentence but I learned some interesting shit about the Pill being tested on PR women and I got the outlines of Preciado's gender theory.
And the interpersonal drama, and lots of details and intellectualizing about Preciado's sex life and drug use, and so on and so forth. I don't think that was the point, but you know what, it wasn't contrary to the point either, and I'm here for it.
Either the translator or Preciado himself does not know what "cis" means; I understood more when I realized that every occurrence of "cis woman" was supposed to be "dyadic female-assigned person." There's a limit to how much of the confusion between those two things you can chalk up to Preciado being in denial about being trans at the time he wrote it; some of those sentences just don't make sense otherwise.
And the interpersonal drama, and lots of details and intellectualizing about Preciado's sex life and drug use, and so on and so forth. I don't think that was the point, but you know what, it wasn't contrary to the point either, and I'm here for it.
Either the translator or Preciado himself does not know what "cis" means; I understood more when I realized that every occurrence of "cis woman" was supposed to be "dyadic female-assigned person." There's a limit to how much of the confusion between those two things you can chalk up to Preciado being in denial about being trans at the time he wrote it; some of those sentences just don't make sense otherwise.
edenlnc's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
lifeinpoetry's review
3. This kept my attention but I feel it was written for someone who is equally as familiar with Foucault, etc.
bootlegdarklord's review against another edition
dark
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
I have nothing much to add this is just one of the best autotheotetical works of all time and a hugely important text for transgender literature