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Finished up Detransition, Baby and holy shit is that book heavy. It has such an intimate (in my opinion) understanding of trans women and how we see the world, our communities, and gender, and it really pays off in the text.
Torrey Peters seems to have a gift when it comes to writing scenes that engross you and make you empathize with the characters. The scene at the climax of the story had me emotionally, psychologically, and physically distressed and dysphoric because of how it depicts a certain character grappling with the physicality of our bodies in the middle of a heated moment.
I didn't expect a book about adults in their 30s having a baby to have so many twists and turns, it felt like I was watching a drama at times and I really hope the adaptation eventually comes out and does the book justice.
I want to recommend this book but the list of content warnings ((domestic) violence, transphobia, self harm, sexually explicit passages) probably means I'll only recommend it with the caveat that it's triggering if you're sensitive to the content.
I love me some messy trans women (Maria Griffiths my beloved) and this book really hit the mark. Overall I love this book and it's probably in my top 3 of all time and not just as trans literature.
I'm kinda bummed that all our good trans lit is so bleak and cynical. Detransition, Baby, Nevada, Manhunt, Tell Me I'm Worthless (well the last two are horror so I guess that's on me).
spoilers for D, B ending
At the very least in the case of D, B the ending can be seen as tenuously optimistic imo. The meat of the story definitely isn't though so I can't call it a positive story as a whole.Definitely get what you mean. It's fortunate that smaller/more obscure writers are writing stories of trans joy, im just still searching for the mythical mainstream trans joy tale.
Why is it called Detransition, Baby
You're gonna love this. One of the main characters has detransitioned (life as a trans woman was too hard and dangerous) and there's a baby involved
I donβt think I want to read it
That's fair. It is heavy and I said it earlier but it does bum me out that all the big Great Trans Lit mass market books have such downer themes. As if the only way to define our lives is trauma and suffering and there is such an empty space where Trans Joy or Euphoria are palpably missing. Kind of sucks that we're represented, to ourselves mind you these are written by trans authors, that we're representing ourselves to ourselves as tragic figures and lost souls. Bleh.
Sounds horrifying.