chattie_the_mad_chatter's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
A journey of Trans represention through art and in the media alongside an open personal Memoire.
I loved Juliet's writing style and authorial voice as she shares her feelings at different points in her life, her journey to be her true self as fully as she feels is right for her alongside showing how mainstream society has little to no true trans represention in media (through 90's and 00's) and how exhausting and damaging that is to the trans community. But despite this we see glimmers of truth and hope through Music, film and surprisingly football. We follow Juliets interests, inspiration, days of struggle and joy from Horley, to Manchester, to Brighton and London. We meet her friends, her cheerleaders, those who would drag her down, mental health hurdles, a sprinkled history of film woven througout and at the centre is a talented woman who is just trying to live her life.
I can't wait to read her other words where she telks the story she wants to not just the story she has to.
I loved Juliet's writing style and authorial voice as she shares her feelings at different points in her life, her journey to be her true self as fully as she feels is right for her alongside showing how mainstream society has little to no true trans represention in media (through 90's and 00's) and how exhausting and damaging that is to the trans community. But despite this we see glimmers of truth and hope through Music, film and surprisingly football. We follow Juliets interests, inspiration, days of struggle and joy from Horley, to Manchester, to Brighton and London. We meet her friends, her cheerleaders, those who would drag her down, mental health hurdles, a sprinkled history of film woven througout and at the centre is a talented woman who is just trying to live her life.
I can't wait to read her other words where she telks the story she wants to not just the story she has to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Mental illness
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