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j07rose's review against another edition
5.0
Ive never wanted to reach out to an author before but i will be doing that for this book. I loved these poems, they spoke to me and reached out from the page.
emmajaye's review against another edition
5.0
For me, this was a look into a world I haven't experience personally, but Theodore's poetry gave me a clear insight. Gay rights are loudly, widely, debated and promoted. Male to female transgender individuals are prominent in the press. Female to male individuals? Nope, not come across them. Is that because they are so very rare?
Or is it because they tend to suffer silently, because that's what men tend to do?
The poems paint a picture of a young man struggling to be who he is on the inside, while everyone else sees, 'her' on the outside. Most people have body insecurities, have body parts, functioning body parts that don't feel correct, is one hell of a thing to deal with. Theodore doesn't pull any punches, which give a real insight into his life.
The poems run in broadly chronological order, but I found the groupings at the end more useful, from Acceptance, Bathrooms, binding and packing, gender binary and non-binary, etc.
As I writer, I was particularly interested in the language issues. Theodore's poetry brought home how something most of us take for granted, what pronoun we and others use, and the gender of given names is so very important.
If awareness, understanding was his aim, Theodore has achieved this for this reader.
Highly recommended.
Or is it because they tend to suffer silently, because that's what men tend to do?
The poems paint a picture of a young man struggling to be who he is on the inside, while everyone else sees, 'her' on the outside. Most people have body insecurities, have body parts, functioning body parts that don't feel correct, is one hell of a thing to deal with. Theodore doesn't pull any punches, which give a real insight into his life.
The poems run in broadly chronological order, but I found the groupings at the end more useful, from Acceptance, Bathrooms, binding and packing, gender binary and non-binary, etc.
As I writer, I was particularly interested in the language issues. Theodore's poetry brought home how something most of us take for granted, what pronoun we and others use, and the gender of given names is so very important.
If awareness, understanding was his aim, Theodore has achieved this for this reader.
Highly recommended.
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