An interview with Kieran Blokhius, folklorist
“Trans people are happy being trans. It is not a mistake. It is a community. We have our own unique cultural expressions.”
A trans folklorist explores the werewolf as a trans symbol
The original thesis is an engaging read, well worth the time to do so.
Just because a story is trans/queer doesn’t mean it’s good
If creators think a trans or queer character alone is enough to get money from our people, will they spend time crafting a meaningful story with transness and queerness, or will they just use it as set dressing and a marketing checkbox?
Review: ‘Chicken Heart’ shows the best of a coming-of-age story
By Jane Migliara Brigham ‘Chicken Heart’ is a trans coming-of-age story by graphic novelist Morgan Boecher. The main character is a repressed trans man spurred into action by the death of his exiled trans aunt. Where ‘Chicken Heart’ succeeds where many similar trans coming of age stories fail is that
Review: Missed Connections with Tall Girls
Missed Connections With Tall Girls is, first and foremost, a book about being homeless and broke.
Review- Persona Combines Horror with Mundanity
What if you found an identical version of yourself somewhere in the outside world, and you stopped at nothing to find her?
Review: 'Gendertrash from Hell' Makes Trans History Feel Brand New
It's one thing to show idealized images of past figures; it's another to make them feel real
Review: A FAIRYTALE ABOUT GRIEF: THE FLOWERS I DESERVE BY Tamara Jerée
All in all, The Flowers I Deserve is an enthralling, sexy but simplistic fairytale, devoid of the edges and stakes missing from the author’s previous works.