A review by katje
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 160 by Isabel Fall, Rita Chang-Eppig, I-hyeong Yun, Chen Qiufan, Neil Clarke, Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko, Naomi Kritzer

5.0

This is a really good short story and it's such a shame that the author was harassed to the point of having it withdrawn from Clarkesworld. The story examines themes of gender, war, identity, and how in a dystopia anything that can be exploited, will be (in this case, gender by the military for tactical uses). Well-written and thought-provoking, and no, not transphobic. I hope Isabel Fall keeps writing, and does not let the vitriol flung her way by the purity police discourage her.