{"title":"Books by Kate Bornstein","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781644214435","title":"Hello, Cruel World","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis 20th anniversary edition of transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein’s unconventional guide to staying alive for teens, freaks and gender outlaws features 20 NEW Alternatives, a new foreword by the author, and a new afterword by Paul Preciado.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A don't-hurt guide for anyone who's been tempted to give in to despair.\"—\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You'll want to keep extra copies of this one on the shelf to give away to friends in need.\" —\u003ci\u003eBitch\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Now updated and with new material \u003ci\u003eHello, Cruel World \u003c\/i\u003efeatures a catalog of 121 alternatives to suicide that range from the playful (moisturize!), to the irreverent (shatter some family values), to the controversial, fun, challenging and easy. Encouraging readers to unleash their hearts' harmless desires, the book has only one directive: \"Don't be mean.\" It is this guiding principle that brings the reader on a self-validating journey and toward a resounding decision to embrace life.\u003cbr\u003e       Using graphics and checklists, and with great humor and gutsiness, Kate Bornstein dares readers to re-envision the gender system as we know it. She offers stories and insights that are tenderly intimate and unapologetically edgy. \u003ci\u003eHello, Cruel World\u003c\/i\u003e also includes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean Introduction by Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hello Cruel Scale of Feelings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean Index of Alternatives with safety and effectiveness scales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Suicide rates among LGBTQ+ teens are much higher than for their cis peers; with love and humor and confession and insight, Bornstein hopes to keep every freak out there alive. She is a radical role model, an affectionate best friend, and a guiding mentor all in one. This one-of-a-kind guide to staying alive is a much-needed, sometimes unorthodox approach to life for those who want to stay on the edge, \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, LGBT Nonfiction Lambda Literary Award, 2009 Honor Book, Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award, 2009\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55206010487157,"sku":"9781644214435","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781644214435_75223e52-62e6-4206-844d-abe3b34db98d.jpg?v=1786024318"},{"product_id":"9780415538657","title":"My New Gender Workbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This updated edition of Bornstein's formative \u003cem\u003eMy Gender Workbook\u003c\/em\u003e (1997) provides an invigorating introduction to contemporary theory around gender, sexuality, and power. The original is a classic of modern transgender theory and literature and, alongside Bornstein's other work, has influenced an entire generation of trans writers and artists. This revised and expanded edition extends that legacy, offering an accessible foundation for examining gender in the reader's life and in the broader culture while arguing for the dismantling of all forms of oppression. For fans of the original, Bornstein's new material merits a fresh read...\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultural theorists have written loads of smart but difficult-to-fathom texts on gender theory, but most fail to provide a hands-on, accessible guide for those trying to sort out their own sexual identities. In \u003cem\u003eMy Gender Workbook\u003c\/em\u003e, transgender activist Kate Bornstein brings theory down to Earth and provides a practical approach to living \u003cem\u003ewith\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003ewithout\u003c\/em\u003e a gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBornstein starts from the premise that there are not just two genders performed in today's world, but countless genders lumped under the two-gender framework. Using a unique, deceptively simple and always entertaining workbook format, complete with quizzes, exercises, and puzzles, Bornstein gently but firmly guides readers toward discovering their own unique gender identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in 1997, \u003cem\u003eMy Gender Workbook \u003c\/em\u003ehas been challenging, encouraging, questioning, and helping those trying to figure out how to become a \"real man,\" a \"real woman,\" or \"something else entirely.\" In this exciting new edition of her classic text, Bornstein re-examines gender in light of issues like race, class, sexuality, and language. With new quizzes, new puzzles, new exercises, and plenty of Kate's playful and provocative style,\u003cem\u003e My New Gender Workbook\u003c\/em\u003e promises to help a new generation create their own unique place on the gender spectrum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56289990771061,"sku":"9780415538657","price":46.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780415538657_5ac0d746-be3f-47b2-bb4a-61f0794a7b01.jpg?v=1786014052"},{"product_id":"9798991642859","title":"Nearly Roadkill","description":"In this rowdy cyber-romance originally written in the 1990s, two people meet online and fall in love in every guise they can manage. As Scratch and Winc go from anonymous lovers to accidental heroes and gender outlaws, they expose the shadowy Web stretched between technology and capitalist greed, nearly becoming roadkill on the internet superhighway. With a little help from their friends including a brave teenager and a mysterious hacker, these darling rebels fight government intervention and find chosen family in this eerily prescient tale.The 30th anniversary \"reboot\" edition includes an updated lens for today's readers, as GenZ investigative journalist Drew uncovers what just might be the greatest queer love story of all time. Like Octavia Butler's parable of the Sower, Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, and George Orwell's 1984, the return of Nearly Roadkill is right on time with urgent lessons for our contemporary landscape.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420351705461,"sku":"9798991642859","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9798991642859_c3a2fa57-39e6-4dc9-a0e7-6443c04ea1a1.jpg?v=1786033463"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-kate-bornstein.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}