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Rania
is 53% done
The three characters feel like the Id, Ego, and Superego of the mental projection I have of the author. Especially in this scene where Katarina and Reese are talking about the distinction between reproductive injustice for trans women versus cis women of color. Katarina sounds like the admonitions the author would give herself and Reese, like the raw pain we want to allow ourselves and thus justify no matter what.
— Aug 30, 2024 07:11PM
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Rania
is 55% done
Also not to blind spot the author, but people who are looking to adopt are also asked to explain why they want to be a parent. But I do concede that none of these situations are a 1-to-1 conversion and it’s unfair to ask any of them to be.
— Aug 30, 2024 07:14PM
Rania
is 15% done
I feel so conflicted, this book can be so fun and hearing the perspective of Reese can both reveal a delicious complexity the author is capable of drawing as well as undermine insights the author is trying to establish, since they don’t hold up past the shock value.
— Aug 25, 2024 03:36PM
Rania
is 10% done
Was so fun in the beginning but I feel on my guard after reading reviews (which I should have learned at this point to never do in the middle of reading a book) that make me feel like I will have to choose whether to read this book as a cisgender bisexual or as a 3rd worlder from the “global south” sigh
— Aug 24, 2024 09:26AM
