Scan barcode
A review by icedpaul
Man Enough to be a Woman: The Autobiography of Jayne County by Rupert Smith, Jayne County
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.0
It's undeniable Jayne County is a trailblazer and icon of trans punk (and much, much more). I'm humbled by her confrontational genesis and ability to be queer in the face of the cis hetero patriarchy.
This book, however, feels like a miss. I really enjoyed the hurried tone of their early years in Georgia, but the hurried tone continues through the book and leaves it all a little flat. Excellent pacing but it's maybe more blinkered than I had hoped, and much less vulnerable or self aware, too. I don't really feel like we get a 3D picture of Jayne, which is hard to do for any one human in a 260 page book.
It promises so much but delivers less and less as you progress.
This book, however, feels like a miss. I really enjoyed the hurried tone of their early years in Georgia, but the hurried tone continues through the book and leaves it all a little flat. Excellent pacing but it's maybe more blinkered than I had hoped, and much less vulnerable or self aware, too. I don't really feel like we get a 3D picture of Jayne, which is hard to do for any one human in a 260 page book.
It promises so much but delivers less and less as you progress.