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tenshifae's review against another edition
2.0
This was a quick and easy read. Expect it to feel more like a dairy entry or a therapist session. Not exactly what I was expect, it's not bad though. If you would like to have someone's first hand experiences I recommend it, but if you want a more self reflective and theorized account of their experiences - this is not it. Still, I would recommend it if you are interested.
suzyreadsbooks's review against another edition
probably felt a lot fresher when it was published in 2018. I have just read plenty of similar commentary since then. but still glad i read it!
lilyya's review against another edition
5.0
All the stars.
If you haven’t read this book yet WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
While reading it, I was recalling a conversation I had with Ingrid, a few weeks ago, about "how it’s never easy to be a woman even nowadays and in any society" We share distinct cultures even different religions, live in literally two ends of the world but yet go through the same daily-struggles and that, for just being ✨women. ✨
The author narrated her day-to-day altercations with men and stories that impacted her throughout her life before and after coming out as a queer trans woman. Her quotidian fights with her sexuality and being a migrant woman.
I honestly tried to write this review several times and couldn’t voice perfectly how much this impacted me. I’m just going to put here some of the pertinent parts I highlighted.❤️
Before I drop all my favorites quotes. I wanted to denounce some transphobic reviews from people—women— claiming being feminist but yet downplaying what the author went through because she has some privilege as initially, being "a man". While Aliki and I wanted to go fight in the comments
"I’M AFRAID OF MEN not because of any singular encounter with a man. I’m afraid of men because of the cumulative damage caused by the everyday experiences I’ve recounted here, and by those untold, and by those I continue to face."
If you haven’t read this book yet WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Why is my humanity only seen or cared about when I share the ways in which I have been victimized and violated?"
While reading it, I was recalling a conversation I had with Ingrid, a few weeks ago, about "how it’s never easy to be a woman even nowadays and in any society" We share distinct cultures even different religions, live in literally two ends of the world but yet go through the same daily-struggles and that, for just being ✨women. ✨
" I have come to realize that the ugly common thread linking my experiences with men is misogyny."
The author narrated her day-to-day altercations with men and stories that impacted her throughout her life before and after coming out as a queer trans woman. Her quotidian fights with her sexuality and being a migrant woman.
" I’m afraid that the most prevalent response these stories will elicit is pity. Even worse, I’m afraid of the necessity of eliciting pity in order to generate concern or to galvanize change"
I honestly tried to write this review several times and couldn’t voice perfectly how much this impacted me. I’m just going to put here some of the pertinent parts I highlighted.❤️
"I’m afraid of women who, when I share my experiences of being trans, try to console me by announcing “welcome to being a woman,” refusing to recognize the ways in which our experiences fundamentally differ."
Before I drop all my favorites quotes. I wanted to denounce some transphobic reviews from people—women— claiming being feminist but yet downplaying what the author went through because she has some privilege as initially, being "a man". While Aliki and I wanted to go fight in the comments
brisingr's review against another edition
4.0
"Unfortunately, any ambiguity or nonconformity, especially in relation to gender, conjures terror. This is precisely why men are afraid of me. Why women are afraid of me, too.
But your fear is not only hurting me, it’s hurting you, limiting you from being everything you could be."
But your fear is not only hurting me, it’s hurting you, limiting you from being everything you could be."
yunudotepub's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
lottie1803's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
joyee's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
thefantasticalworldofsara's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of those books that I want to re-read again and again because I feel like each time there'd be something new I'd get out of it. The more I read books/watch videos about gender the more convinced I am that it is a hard thing to pin down and I feel like this handled that very well.
There are many quotes from this book that I found impactful but this one in particular got to me:
"And so, I'm also afraid of women. I'm afraid of women who've either emboldened or defended the men who have harmed me, or have watched in silence. I'm afraid of women who adopt masculine traits and then feel compelled to dominate or silence me at dinner parties."
ps. The views expressed in this review are my own and do not reflect the views of Indigo Books & Music Inc. or any of its subsidiaries.
There are many quotes from this book that I found impactful but this one in particular got to me:
"And so, I'm also afraid of women. I'm afraid of women who've either emboldened or defended the men who have harmed me, or have watched in silence. I'm afraid of women who adopt masculine traits and then feel compelled to dominate or silence me at dinner parties."
ps. The views expressed in this review are my own and do not reflect the views of Indigo Books & Music Inc. or any of its subsidiaries.