In response to the UK Supreme Court's ruling today against the rights of trans people to exist, I've written the following to my MP (see in comments). I'd ask British Littens of good conscience to write to their own MP in support of our trans fellow citizens.
#TransRights ✊🏳️⚧️✊ 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 #TransRightsAreHumanRights
You can find details of your MP and email them directly from this website:
https://www.writetothem.com/
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bailedI‘m at 60%, one of the characters is trying to pry into the big mysterious scandal at the center of the book, and I‘ve realized that I just don‘t care about whatever it is or whoever is involved. 😅 I‘m just bored.
Which is a pity because Hollinghurst is excellent at grounding his stories in a time and place. I think I‘ll have to try a different book by him at another time.
Here I am on the TGV, listening to my audiobook as we barrel towards Paris. I had all sorts of problems with this ticket when they decided to shrink the train, only to discover yesterday that, despite the gymnastics the lady at the station did to get me a downgraded seat, they automatically reassigned me to a fairly decent one right across from the smaller-train equivalent of my original seat. And no one sat in my first seat, so here I am in it.
This particular series has always been a lamentable gap on my Roan Parrish reading list, so I was glad to see IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE on Kobo Plus. I hit 26% while I ate supper, and it‘s great; lots of deeply felt emotion, academia, strong friendships, and a dog.
Alas, this delicious dandan defeated me. I don‘t think I even managed half; possibly because of my Happy Hour beer in Place Plumereau. It‘ll be breakfast or an early lunch tomorrow.
pickA wonderful collection of Trans and Nonbinary comics. Beautiful illustrations throughout the book.
For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:
https://youtube.com/shorts/rnmcfaxDxCU?feature=share
Enjoy!
pickThis one is for everyone who grew up reading Tamora Pierce—but especially for the generation after. In Lorel, we have a courageous and tender-hearted transfemme lead disguising herself and going after her dream of joining an order of witches. The characters, world-building, and magic were wonderful—but I expected more depth and complexity from a bildungsroman marketed to adults vs a YA novel. Maybe the sequel will bring more, I‘ll be waiting!
pickLOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT! Recognizing and accepting queer identity in the face of contentious cultural norms, fleshing out immigrant experience so that while the unique and possibly painful experience of immigration is not ignored, it doesn't try to be a monolith or fall into tropes, doesn't need to form the backbone of the story, interweaving fairy tales, 1/?
so-soFrom his mid/late 30s Young looks back on his relationships as a young-ish gay man in Seoul.
Rather rambling narrative that frequently left me waiting for something to happen but even when it did, it didn't make much impact and was referred to so obliquely that it took me a while to realise what he meant.
No idea why it was longlisted for the International Booker.
While I am not myself trans, I fully support the rights of trans citizens to exist, to participate fully in the social life of our country, with the same rights of access to public and ⬇️ 1d
I am horrified by the creeping erosion of British civil liberties by socially conservative and right-wing activists, who persistently harass and target marginalised people to further their political agendas.
I would call upon you to express your full support for the rights of trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming people in any forthcoming debates about and appeals against the Supreme ⬇️ 1d