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“Both history and future are fictions. Only the present is real.”

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

December 27, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

From the official plot description: At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls–Helena, Leonie, Niamh, and Elle–took the oath to join Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and Helena is now the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of HMRC. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:80 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches ·
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“I don’t want to disappear. I want to exist in my body, with these new possibilities. Possibilities. Perhaps that is one of the main components of life lost to lack of representation. Options erased from the imagination. Narratives indoctrinated that we spend an eternity attempting to break. The unraveling is painful, but it leads you to you.”

Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

October 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 8/30 This book will not give you outrage or gossip. It will not get you all tingly with stuff it feels like maybe you shouldn’t know, and you will end the book not knowing who several of the main players are, because Elliot values privacy and is a good person. This book is first and foremost the story of Elliot coming to terms with his gender identity and transness amid a world that devalues and dismisses it, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, audiobooks, coming out, Elliot Page, Homophobia, LGBTQIA, Mental Health, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, Pageboy, Pageboy: A Memoir, transphobia

narfna's CBR15 Review No:110 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, audiobooks, coming out, Elliot Page, Homophobia, LGBTQIA, Mental Health, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, Pageboy, Pageboy: A Memoir, transphobia ·
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lovely standalone book for fans of alternative(?) scifi

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

August 23, 2022 by wicherwill 2 Comments

CW: so much transphobia. it is overcome, but so much of it. our transgender character also is briefly in a very precarious housing situation that veers into assault. As I started planning for the “I’ve Heard No One Works in August in Europe 2022” trip (pro tip: London is not in Europe, Londoners do work, oops), I started going through my “Want to Read” list here on Goodreads, which I don’t do a good enough job of turning into reality (or curating, for that matter–there […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: LGBTQ, Ryka Aoki, transphobia

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:101 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: LGBTQ, Ryka Aoki, transphobia ·
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Nevertheless

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

July 9, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

cn. transphobia Let’s get a few things out of the way real quick: JK Rowling is a TERF. And trans women are women. I checked this one out of the library before Rowling went on her recent bigotry spree on Twitter. She’s always held problematic views regarding transfolk but in recent weeks, she’s decided to just let her phobic flag fly. She also, perhaps not coincidentally, signed the infamous Harpers letter with other popular writers and academics that tut tutted “cancel culture”, the perpetual fear of […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: cormoran strike, JK Rowling, London, mystery, Robert Galbraith, the silkworm, transphobia

Jake's CBR12 Review No:111 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: cormoran strike, JK Rowling, London, mystery, Robert Galbraith, the silkworm, transphobia ·
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This book made me feel like a bad person

August 28, 2018 by Emmalita 5 Comments

I should have stopped reading Mariana Zapata a long time ago. All of her books have elements of internalized misogyny that make me uncomfortable. Her heroines tend to be “not like the other girls” and the other girls are “whores” or bitches. Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin adds in some gross gay panic and transphobia to the self hatred. And I read the whole thing. I feel like shit.

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: internalized misogyny, Mariana Zapata, Rhythm Chord and Malykhin, transphobia

Emmalita's CBR10 Review No:36 · Genres: Romance · Tags: internalized misogyny, Mariana Zapata, Rhythm Chord and Malykhin, transphobia ·
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