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A review by recycledwords
Trans: A Memoir by Juliet Jacques
informative
medium-paced
3.0
Jacques is very open in this memoir, writing about how her own experience differed from the media's stereotyped experiences of transgender people. There were parts of this memoir that I found really informative and interesting, such as Jacques' critique of film and television depictions of transgender women and traditional print media's demonising of transgender people.
There was quite a lot of repetition about football and nightlife which weren't so interesting to me, though I can see why the author felt these were important to include.
What I particularly enjoyed were the comparisons between Jacques' own experience of coming out to others and transitioning to that of others and is able to acknowledge the many advantages she had such as an understanding workplace and supportive network. This should be the norm, not the exception but I appreciated Jacques pointing out that it is not.
There was quite a lot of repetition about football and nightlife which weren't so interesting to me, though I can see why the author felt these were important to include.
What I particularly enjoyed were the comparisons between Jacques' own experience of coming out to others and transitioning to that of others and is able to acknowledge the many advantages she had such as an understanding workplace and supportive network. This should be the norm, not the exception but I appreciated Jacques pointing out that it is not.