- cross-posted to:
- chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
- cross-posted to:
- chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
2/4/2021 Update: In light of chucklefuck TERF shit with Giggle, I am once again demanding the rest of you liberals educate yourselves on trans issues with Trans Liberation as a starting point. And you better believe more literature on minority struggle is in the pipelines. We’re doing some reading this month, libs. Get ready.
AUDIOBOOKS HAVE BEEN RECORDED FOR ALL 8 CHAPTERS. YOU LITERALLY HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR LIBERALISM.
https://hexbear.net/post/48476
Follow that link and you’ll find a free download of the book in pdf and comrade @EugeneDebs’s epub, comrade @futomes’ audiobooks for all eight chapters, and notes and discussions from the book (and don’t you dare just read the fucking notes you god damn liberals, read the fucking book or listen to the audiobook).
I spent an entire weekend night scanning the whole damn book so y’all could educate yourselves on the fucking struggles we’ve been screaming about for the past six months and hardly any of you damn cissie libs participated. Had you participated you’d probably have a better understanding of the struggles we face and we probably wouldn’t be in this situation where trans people are heading for this damn hills because you’re all shit libs driving us away.
Fucking read it or listen to the audiobooks and I won’t ask again. It’s all free. The book is only 147 pages - that’s 7 pages per night for exactly 3 weeks. I wipe my fucking ass with 7 pages, that’s nothing. People put genuine effort into this to ensure you could educate yourselves and you have no reason not to outside of fucking liberalism.
It reads quick. Drop whatever the fuck you’re reading and read this. Now. :leslie-shining:
Edit: I’ll be throwing up a discussion thread at some point in the next week or so for you damn shitlibs to comment on with things you find meaningful so I’ll know if you actually gave a shit. I swear to God I better see y’all in the comments.
If you’re having trouble downloading, there are links in this comment by u/hexaflexagonbear that seem to work.
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Reading it now, it’s really beautifully written.
If for any reason you’re pushing back on this or putting it off, fucking don’t. Right from the book:
These questions can only be answered when we begin to organize together, ready to struggle on each other’s behalf. Understanding each other will compel us as honest, caring people to fight each other’s oppression as though it was our own.
Fuckin’ right :trans-hammer-sickle:
B A S E D T A K E
Just finished reading this. Like others have said a lot of the Marxist stuff won’t be anything new to anyone on this site, but as a cishet man the “portraits” of the different lgbt+ perspectives really stuck out to me. I could read hundreds of pages of different voices talking about their lives and the oppression they faced. They were inspiring and heartbreaking and really helped me empathize better with the struggles lgbtq+ people deal with. Wish there were more of them in the book.
Also the chapter on intersex people really fucked me up and pissed me off. I wasn’t aware of how common genital mutilation was performed on newborns, wtf.
wasnt aware of how common genital mutilation was performed on newborns
stares at circumcision rates
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extremely common
I meant with regards to intersex “correction” surgery. I think everyone knows how common circumcision is.
chapter on intersex people really fucked me up
yeah I fuckin cried a bit
Gender outlaws by Bornstein would give you more first hand accounts of trans lives. It’s written in anthology style great book. Lots of love for our intersex comrades, get unconsented surgery as a baby and then cant get reparative surgery later as an adult unless they pay.
Thank you for the recommendation, it’s on my reading list now.
Yeah, I can’t imagine how extra brutal that is in a country where you pay for healthcare. Jesus.
On the one hand I care about my trans comrades, on the other hand reading is for nerds. I guess I’ll be a nerd this one time.
Thanks for not being a :LIB:
counterpoint: reading is based and good, video games are for nerds.
reading is based and good
You better be reading this book. So help me god.
was about to start reading settlers but I’ll read this first. I uploaded the pdf for everyone and I’ll start it tomorrow on my day off o7 thanks for the suggestion.
Both are based as fuck. You’ll tear through this and be off to another banger in no time.
I’m about a third into it and it’s great. It’s mostly a compilation of speeches Leslie made at different events mixed with some personal background on the people that organised said events. It’s a quick and engaging read. It gives a wonderful feel for the beautiful mosaic that is human identity and the struggle that is being waged for people’s liberty of expression. As a cis manbrodude I’m learning a ton. Would recommend to literally everyone.
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Wow, this is a beautiful summary of the book!
Thanks! One does what one can.
If you’re on the fence about reading this, you shouldn’t be! It’s an easy read and there’s literally no excuse not to. I read it while working 6 days a week at a plant. If my blue-collar ass can do it, so can you!
YOOOOOOOO! BASED ALERT!
I cleaned up and OCR’d your pdf :)
Now it prints much prettier and you can select/highlight text! No excuses about it coming out all grey or not being able to highlight! And as a bonus, the file size is now only 2 MB.
It will be here in libgen once it’s approved: http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=5EF98483F41CC783D0E48EFF635EBA3E
Until then you can download it from https://partidopirata.com.ar/~unperson/trans_liberation.pdf
Thank you so much!! 😍😍😍😍
I strongly prefer paper copies so I am picking this up from my school’s library this afternoon 😎 also my boyfriend said he’ll read it too
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