Travis Alabanza

None of the Above (eBook, ePUB)

Reflections on Life beyond the Binary

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

• By a groundbreaking artist, performer, and activist: Travis Alabanza is a prolific and acclaimed artistic voice in the contemporary conversation on gender, race, and trans identity. Their work and words have been regularly featured in leading publications such as Guardian, BBC Online, VICE, and many more; on social media, they have 75k+ followers on Instagram, with 35% of their following based in the US.
• A unique perspective in trans nonfiction: Unlike many nonfiction works focusing on trans and nonbinary topics, None of the Above is not purely educational or focused solely on activism. Alabanza considers gender beyond the binary for both trans and cis people, exploring how enforcement of the binary impacts everyoneincluding those whose lives fit within heteronormative standards. They also meditatively doubt the nature of their own gendered existence. None of the Above tackles nuanced topics of queer and feminist theory, but from a conversational and accessible style.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Feminist Press at CUNY
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781558613058
• Artikelnr.: 69227129

Autorenporträt

Travis Alabanza is an award-winning writer, performer and theatre maker. After being the youngest recipient of the Artist-in-Residency program at Tate Galleries, Alabanza's debut show Burgerz toured internationally to sold-out performances in the Southbank Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and HAU, Berlin, and won the Edinburgh Fringe Total Theatre Award. In 2020 their theatre show Overflow debuted at the Bush Theatre to widespread acclaim and later streamed online in over twenty countries. Their writing has appeared in the Guardian, VICE, gal-dem, and BBC Online, and they previously had a fortnightly column in the Metro. They have been published in numerous anthologies, including Black and Gay in the UK. Their work surrounding gender, trans identity, and race has garnered international recognition, and they have given talks at universities including Oxford, Harvard, Bristol, and more.
Alok Vaid-Menon is an internationally acclaimed author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. They are the author of Femme in Public, Beyond the Gender Binary, and Your Wound/My Garden. They have appeared on Netflix's Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, HBO's Random Acts of Flyness, and The Trans List.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue  “So
when did you know?” “But I mean
proper trans.” “Ladies
gentlemen
and those lucky enough to transcend gender.” “This ain’t a thing we do round here
son.” “So
what do you want me to call it?” “Children sacrificed to appease trans lobby.” “This is for us
baby
not for them.” Acknowledgements