Episode 8: Cried Over a Bowl of Spaghetti (Trans Awareness Week)
In celebration of Trans Awareness Week, and to show trans visibility during such a tumultuous time, Kris and Rian share their thoughts on the trans memoirs they’ve read, and the impact they’ve had on their own journeys through gender transition.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro to the episode and Trans Awareness Week
01:37 Trigger warnings
02:48 Read/Watch/Play updates
08:06 Our experiences with trans memoirs
12:52 Sorted by Jackson Bird
19:51 As Beautiful As Any Other by Kaya Wilson
36:53 Pageboy by Elliot Page
51:04 Man Alive and Amateur by Thomas Page McBee
54:52 We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
01:01:37 Trans memoirs on our TBR
01:05:34 Outro, links, and next episode
Trans Memoirs Mentioned:
Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place - Jackson Bird - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45186695-sorted
As Beautiful As Any Other: A memoir of my body - Kaya Wilson - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57008337-as-beautiful-as-any-other
Pageboy - Elliot Page - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60473073-pageboy
Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness, and Becoming a Man - Thomas Page McBee - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20702392-man-alive
Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man - Thomas Page McBee - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373421-amateur
We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan - Lou Sullivan - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49844098-we-both-laughed-in-pleasure
Trans Memoirs on our TBR:
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us - Kate Bornstein - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52108.Gender_Outlaw
She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders - Jennifer Finney Boylan - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54935.She_s_Not_There
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity - Julia Serano - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/605663.Whipping_Girl
Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139569.Stone_Butch_Blues
A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar: A Journey of Self and Sexual Discovery - Harry Nicholas - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63833356-a-trans-man-walks-into-a-gay-bar
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir - Akwaeke Emezi - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55877915-dear-senthuran
Becoming Eve: My Journey from ultra orthodox Rabbi to transgender woman - Abby Stein - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44287250-becoming-eve
Other Books Mentioned:
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68494.Perdido_Street_Station
Foot in the Grave - Zachary Forbes - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214586350-foot-in-the-grave
The Mask of Mirrors - M.A. Carrick - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51340378-the-mask-of-mirrors
Games Mentioned:
Dragon Age: The Veilguard - https://www.ea.com/games/dragon-age/dragon-age-the-veilguard
Life is Strange: Double Exposure - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874000/Life_is_Strange_Double_Exposure/
Travellers Rest - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1139980/Travellers_Rest/