Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story
by Jacob Tobia
Made it about halfway through in a couple hours. A little awkward and... young? juvenile? something... but a very quick read. Will work on getting it from the library to finish.
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Done. Still think it's juvenile and lacking in perspective, but that's the kind of memoir any mid-20s kid would write. (Which is why it's generally advisable to wait a bit....) Tobia is occasionally insightful, especially about their gender and working through their internalized homo- and transphobia, but also very focused on status and achievement, and very impressed with themself for what amounts to a bunch of college-kid resume fillers they'll hardly remember in five years. Someone who mythologizes themself as the life of the party and loves being the center of attention can be a lot of fun at a bar, but in a book it's tiresome.