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this is compelling as personal narrative but the author has a tendency to make broad sweeping statements based almost entirely on her own experiences which a few times has made me go, “I can think of two or three counter examples just out of the smallish number of people I personally know,” which does blunt the intended effect.
— Jul 26, 2023 07:15PM
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for me there was so much hypocrisy of first (rightfully) criticising the way journalists portray detransitioned women and then proceeding to portray transmasculine people in the exact same way herself. i found the book extremely patronising
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there’s a bit very early on where she says (paraphrased) “well the only reason someone would ever identify as a trans man/decide to transition is because they lack the creativity to imagine life as a gnc woman” and I was just like. you know I think a fair number if not most trans men spent a decent amount of time living as/identified as gnc women. your experience is not universal dot jpg
