EBook we cast shadows & other true stories
we cast shadows other true stories is a deeply personal exploration of gender socialization and the pervasive othering and dehumanization that trans women experience At its core it is the story of aggressively challenging those ideals and actions While primarily written for trans and gender expansive audiences the collection offers opportunities to bridge shared experiences of abuse objectification emergence and grief between transgender and cis gender readers The collection combines free verse and queer form with mixed media pieces This queer form rejects and subverts the historical straight white male criteria of what makes valuable poetry While the poems provide an anchor the mixed media pieces present a layered intimate experience of emotion Each piece is handmade from personal materials three dimensional poems representing the complex and often conflicting internal relationship between wanting to belong and finding the peace of trans euphoria Ultimately we cast shadows other true stories gathers up the incredible power and resilience of trans women and emphatically states we are complex we exist and our existence is necessary we cast shadows u0026 other true stories
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