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A Refreshing Trans Memoir More Concerned by What Is Gained by Transition Than What Is Lost

The backlash against trans people in recent years has no doubt left many of us feeling as if there will never be relief from the constant antagonism and legislative damnation.…

Stef Rubino —

Sep 18, 2024

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Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager

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The Holocaust Doesn’t Exist in a Historical Vacuum

As Solomon J. Brager implies in their new graphic memoir, Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory, Holocaust memoirs have been part of our global literary culture…

Stef Rubino —

Jul 30, 2024

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When It Comes to Fat Liberation, the Work Is Never Done

“I think the fewer examples there are of fat people or people writing about fatness, the more we expect from individuals, when fatphobia is a systemic problem. What I really…

Stef Rubino —

Jul 3, 2024

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‘Cactus Country’ Moves Beyond the Expected Borders of the Traditional Transition Memoir

Our stories don’t have to end where they start if we stay open to the potential around us.

Stef Rubino —

May 21, 2024

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Quiz: What Queer Memoir Could Change Your Life?

The act of reading about the lived experiences of another person has the power to alter the course and contours of our own lives.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 11, 2024

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Portrait of a Body book cover times three

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Julie Delporte Wanted To Be a Lesbian Even Before She Was Sexually Attracted to Women

At 35, Delporte’s acceptance of her sexuality serves as a catalyst that helps her understand her relationships, her interests, her experiences with boys and young men as a young woman,…

Stef Rubino —

Feb 9, 2024

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Lamya H on Queer Muslim Community and Leslie Feinberg’s Influence on Their Memoir

“In my twenties as I was coming into my queerness, it felt like there were very heteronormative ways to be queer.”

Gen —

Feb 6, 2024

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New Memoir Explores Growing Up as a Twin and Coming Out in Midlife

There’s no doubt queer people face much more social stigma than twins do, but using the lens of society’s erroneous beliefs about twinship can help deconstruct our culture’s most fallacious…

Stef Rubino —

Jan 29, 2024

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