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just finished reading this beautiful, devastating book, and I feel at a loss for words, The prose is both spare and unsparing, devastating in the way it tells its truth, Im thankful for the author, Im thankful for this book, I will be reading it again, Amazing book At one passage she writes: "When you arrive, I reach out to shake your hand, You aren't particularly attractive, but I appreciate your thick raspberry lips, These will be useful if we do have to f, " I found that this is quite sexist and it objectifies the other person, I think what she tried to say with this passage was that if she meets another gay man they are somehow expected to have a sexual relationship because that's what the society expects.
But this isn't an excuse for her to objectify him and it didn't seem that she thought it was false thinking these thoughts, In general, I expected from this book, because Vivek writes about an important topic which is relevant than ever, While I agree with most of what she says, I think the book is written quite shallow, It feels as if you could dive in much deeper, but somehow her writing style didn't allow me to do so, Also,
the book is quite short, So it didn't show me a new perspective from a trans person, which was what I had hoped for, This book was beautifully written, it really brought insights to many issues and experiences queer individuals face, Im glad I read it This gives an honest and generous view of her life, It also reveals how biases are in all of us which we need to identify and address, Vivek Shraya shares her thoughts of navigating the patriarchy first as a cis presenting man then as a trans woman, She challenges one important notion and that is the concept of good versus bad men Her reflections on those that reinforce the patriarchy leaves all As a GenX er, the gender issue has been hard to understand and embrace, but Vivek made me understand due to her honesty and truthful sharing.
I recognized some of my own attitudes and behaviors, and it helped me realize how uneducated and insensitive they are, I feel I never say things like that but I am a trans woman, an older white lesbian in Brooklyn, and although Vivek Shraya's life differs in many ways from mine, I've underlined almost everything on the first page.
I have to stop or I'll just mark up the whole book, You should read this book, it's not long and you'll learn things, Tegan and Sara said so, too, Named a Best Book by: The Globe and Mail, Indigo, Out Magazine, Audible, CBC, Apple, Quill Quire, Kirkus s, Brooklyn Public Library, Writers Trust of Canada, Autostraddle, Bitch, and BookRiot.
Finalist for theLambda Literary Award, Transgender Nonfiction
Nominated for theForest of Reading Evergreen Award
Winner of theAlcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design Prose Non Fiction
"Cultural rocket fuel.
" Vanity Fair
"Emotional and painful but also layered with humour, I'm Afraid of Men will widen your lens on gender and challenge you to do better.
This challenge is a necessary one one we must all take up, It is a gift to dive into Vivek's heart and mind, " Rupi Kaur, bestselling author of The Sun and Her Flowers and Milk and Honey
A trans artist explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a girl and how we might reimagine gender for the twenty first century.
Vivek Shraya has reason to be afraid, Throughout her life she's endured acts of cruelty and aggression for being too feminine as a boy and not feminine enough as a girl, In order to survive childhood, she had to learn to convincingly perform masculinity, As an adult, she makes daily compromises to steel herself against everything from verbal attacks to heartbreak,
Now, with raw honesty, Shraya delivers an important record of the cumulative damage caused by misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia, releasing trauma from a body that has always refused to assimilate.
I'm Afraid of Men is a journey from camouflage to a riot of colour and a blueprint for how we might cherish all that makes us different and conquer all that makes us afraid.
Eloquently written, and a masterful insight into the life of a trans women, I felt as though I was there for the journey, This book is wrenching and beautiful, poignant and honest, Im so grateful it is in the world, a generous glimpse inside another womans life, This book should help us look at ourselves and how we play a part in everyone's life including our own no matter who we are, I think we, as society, need to be aware of others, That is an easy thing to say, We have no idea, most of the time, how our actions This should be required reading for everyone, It really makes you step outside of yourself and see the world through a very different, valid lens, It's a short read with a powerful message, Probably not a good intro book for the recovering misogynist or homophobe in your Creo que en cuanto a valor narrativo es bastante simple, pero la historia me ha atrapado, creo que me ayuda a comprender realidades ajenas a la mia.
But this isn't an excuse for her to objectify him and it didn't seem that she thought it was false thinking these thoughts, In general, I expected from this book, because Vivek writes about an important topic which is relevant than ever, While I agree with most of what she says, I think the book is written quite shallow, It feels as if you could dive in much deeper, but somehow her writing style didn't allow me to do so, Also,
the book is quite short, So it didn't show me a new perspective from a trans person, which was what I had hoped for, This book was beautifully written, it really brought insights to many issues and experiences queer individuals face, Im glad I read it This gives an honest and generous view of her life, It also reveals how biases are in all of us which we need to identify and address, Vivek Shraya shares her thoughts of navigating the patriarchy first as a cis presenting man then as a trans woman, She challenges one important notion and that is the concept of good versus bad men Her reflections on those that reinforce the patriarchy leaves all As a GenX er, the gender issue has been hard to understand and embrace, but Vivek made me understand due to her honesty and truthful sharing.
I recognized some of my own attitudes and behaviors, and it helped me realize how uneducated and insensitive they are, I feel I never say things like that but I am a trans woman, an older white lesbian in Brooklyn, and although Vivek Shraya's life differs in many ways from mine, I've underlined almost everything on the first page.
I have to stop or I'll just mark up the whole book, You should read this book, it's not long and you'll learn things, Tegan and Sara said so, too, Named a Best Book by: The Globe and Mail, Indigo, Out Magazine, Audible, CBC, Apple, Quill Quire, Kirkus s, Brooklyn Public Library, Writers Trust of Canada, Autostraddle, Bitch, and BookRiot.
Finalist for theLambda Literary Award, Transgender Nonfiction
Nominated for theForest of Reading Evergreen Award
Winner of theAlcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design Prose Non Fiction
"Cultural rocket fuel.
" Vanity Fair
"Emotional and painful but also layered with humour, I'm Afraid of Men will widen your lens on gender and challenge you to do better.
This challenge is a necessary one one we must all take up, It is a gift to dive into Vivek's heart and mind, " Rupi Kaur, bestselling author of The Sun and Her Flowers and Milk and Honey
A trans artist explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a girl and how we might reimagine gender for the twenty first century.
Vivek Shraya has reason to be afraid, Throughout her life she's endured acts of cruelty and aggression for being too feminine as a boy and not feminine enough as a girl, In order to survive childhood, she had to learn to convincingly perform masculinity, As an adult, she makes daily compromises to steel herself against everything from verbal attacks to heartbreak,
Now, with raw honesty, Shraya delivers an important record of the cumulative damage caused by misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia, releasing trauma from a body that has always refused to assimilate.
I'm Afraid of Men is a journey from camouflage to a riot of colour and a blueprint for how we might cherish all that makes us different and conquer all that makes us afraid.
Eloquently written, and a masterful insight into the life of a trans women, I felt as though I was there for the journey, This book is wrenching and beautiful, poignant and honest, Im so grateful it is in the world, a generous glimpse inside another womans life, This book should help us look at ourselves and how we play a part in everyone's life including our own no matter who we are, I think we, as society, need to be aware of others, That is an easy thing to say, We have no idea, most of the time, how our actions This should be required reading for everyone, It really makes you step outside of yourself and see the world through a very different, valid lens, It's a short read with a powerful message, Probably not a good intro book for the recovering misogynist or homophobe in your Creo que en cuanto a valor narrativo es bastante simple, pero la historia me ha atrapado, creo que me ayuda a comprender realidades ajenas a la mia.
Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visualnbspart, and film, Her album with Queer Songbook Orchestra, PartTime Woman, was included in CBCs Best Canadian Albums of, and her first book of poetry, even this page is white, won aPublisher Triangle Award.
Her latest book is ImnbspAfraid of Men, She is one half of the music duo ToonbspAttached and the founder of the publishing imprint VS, nbspBooks.
A Polaris Music Prize nominee and four time Lambda Literary Award finalist, Vivek was aPride Toronto Grand Marshal, and has received honours from The Writers Trust of Canada and CBCs Canada Reads.
She is currently a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation and an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Calgary,