Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Appendix: Transmasculine Joy in a Transphobic Culture by Liam Konemann

3 reviews

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

The Appendix is a short series of interconnected personal essays that meditate on transphobia and how trans people (with a specific focus on transmasculine individuals) can find joy despite the hatred against us in the media and in society at large. I will admit, I was hoping for more time spent on the joy aspect than the transphobia aspect, which is not what The Appendix provides. But it does provide important context - the awful state of transphobia in the UK today - and it creates pearls of self-loving out of an experience that is historically seen as self-loathing. All in all, a deeply relevant and necessary book, even if it wasn't exactly what I had hoped for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Hate crime, Rape, Medical trauma, and Murder

-Transphobic & homophobic slurs -Misgendering -In my opinion, police apathy & police threat are forms of police brutality -Rape, murder, and hate crime are all referencing Brandon Teena's rape and murder. While Konemann does not give graphic detail or talk much about this event after the first essay, it is a throughline in that essay. -Konemann provides content warnings with page numbers in the front of the book.

hollowhallow13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Bit too much on the suffering side for me to call it 5* (especially as it's meant to be about joy) but the parts that were about joy were incredible. Defo will re-read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexism, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

oliverlang's review

reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Violence