“Meet actual famous trans writer. Feel indicted when famous trans writer says that they think all trans people want to be celebrities. That the drive to celebrity is an endemic problem that fractures trans communities. That we are all so alone for so long, the only way to survive is to nurture a private sense of specialness and uniqueness—all the while fearing that this sense of specialness is our only lifejacket as we swim in a culture where tokenization tells us that we must be the only one, the fiercest, most brutal one, the special one.” WritingFameTransgenderSpecialnessTransfemininityTokenizationQueer Community Book:How to Become a Really Really Not Famous Trans Lady Writer Source: How to Become a Really Really Not Famous Trans Lady Writer
“Be paralyzed whenever you want to write anything. You were so wrong for so many years, so incredibly good at lying to yourself, and given that, how could you possibly think you’ll ever put a pen to paper and say something true?” WritingTransgenderSelf DeceptionTrans WomenTransfemininityInternalized Transphobia Book:How to Become a Really Really Not Famous Trans Lady Writer Source: How to Become a Really Really Not Famous Trans Lady Writer