Toasting With Apples

esmerkatil:

New York, United States

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Hey, y'all… Long time.

How’s it goin’, eh?

So, I bought a bicycle

…This is somewhat more difficult than I remember it being. >_>;

jennythebot:

Date someone encouraging. Date someone who will grow aesthetics every five hours.

An anthology of fiction by trans Women of Color

gilly-laughs:

writingwithcolor:

shiraglassman:

You can buy it here, and I think if you are a TWoC you can get it for free.

I want to give some kudos to the stories I really liked out of this anthology:

1. “Lisa’s Story: Zombie Apocalypse”, by Gillian Ybabez. After the zombies have driven everyone out of town, Lisa ventures out into the world in search of extra water in case hers runs out. The story is woven through and through with the theme that for marginalized people–especially people marginalized on multiple axes–the everyday, realistic, andmortal terrors might actually feel more threatening than spec fic scaries like zombies.

2. “Three Story Fragments” by Jamie Berrout. I wanted to show some appreciation for Fragment #2, in which the murder of a conservative government leader’s trans daughter kicks off, eventually, legislation that strikes at the heart of the dangers facing trans women of color. It’s a blueprint for a hopeful future and a bittersweet piece of wish-fulfillment. Carried in this story is the voice of a trans woman of color making it abundantly clear what she and her sisters need from the rest of us, so listen up.

3. Fragment #1, “Don’t Go” from “Back Home: Three Short Stories” by Libby White, is a poignant vignette about someone having an affair with a married preacher. Fragment #3, “Under the Lights”, about a woman regretting a talk show appearance, reminds me of the “How to Stay Friends” story in A Safe Girl To Love in that it shows from a transfeminine POV what cis women often sound like when we’re trying to help but really kind of only making it a fifth of the way out the door with no shoes on.

4. “Space Hunters” by Lulu Trujillo is fluffy science fiction that included a f/f relationship and a pair of twins who are both nonbinary. So I expect pretty much everyone who follows me to want this one :P

5. “La Shooting Estrella” by Alma Díaz is my favorite story from this collection. A young trans woman is hanging out with her trans friends (of various genders) getting creative with her new drag persona when her dad comes home–with much better results than anticipated. I loved this. It’s so warm and hopeful. The author also did a really good job with the bilingual dialogue.

Also, here’s some admiration for the great line “I wanted to let him know that if I had been given a choice I would have asked to be born in another dimension, where sissies conquered planets and enslaved nations of men hung like Samson,” from the story “Lord, be a Femme” by Joss Barton.

A lot of literary fiction goes over my head, so no insult intended to the stories I didn’t review.

Review by Jewish mod

Thank you so much for the review! If you want to read more of Lisa’s Story, I’m posting an expanded version weekly on my website www.Gillian-Ybabez.com along with more of my fiction.

sensitivebruja:

i think my favorite feeling is being soft both emotionally and physically at the same time i am so beautiful!!!! tenderness is so beautiful!!!!! 

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moonofficial:

fool me once, shame on u; fool me twice, shame on u again for taking advantage of my compassionate & forgiving nature!!!!!! how dare u

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