cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/72043

2/4/2021 Update: In light of chucklefuck TERF shit with Giggle, I am once again demanding the rest of you liberals educate yourselves on trans issues with Trans Liberation as a starting point. And you better believe more literature on minority struggle is in the pipelines. We’re doing some reading this month, libs. Get ready.

AUDIOBOOKS HAVE BEEN RECORDED FOR ALL 8 CHAPTERS. YOU LITERALLY HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR LIBERALISM.

https://hexbear.net/post/48476

Follow that link and you’ll find a free download of the book in pdf and comrade @EugeneDebs’s epub, comrade @futomes’ audiobooks for all eight chapters, and notes and discussions from the book (and don’t you dare just read the fucking notes you god damn liberals, read the fucking book or listen to the audiobook).

I spent an entire weekend night scanning the whole damn book so y’all could educate yourselves on the fucking struggles we’ve been screaming about for the past six months and hardly any of you damn cissie libs participated. Had you participated you’d probably have a better understanding of the struggles we face and we probably wouldn’t be in this situation where trans people are heading for this damn hills because you’re all shit libs driving us away.

Fucking read it or listen to the audiobooks and I won’t ask again. It’s all free. The book is only 147 pages - that’s 7 pages per night for exactly 3 weeks. I wipe my fucking ass with 7 pages, that’s nothing. People put genuine effort into this to ensure you could educate yourselves and you have no reason not to outside of fucking liberalism.

It reads quick. Drop whatever the fuck you’re reading and read this. Now. :leslie-shining:

Edit: I’ll be throwing up a discussion thread at some point in the next week or so for you damn shitlibs to comment on with things you find meaningful so I’ll know if you actually gave a shit. I swear to God I better see y’all in the comments.

If you’re having trouble downloading, there are links in this comment by u/hexaflexagonbear that seem to work.

  • Othello [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    33·
    1 year ago

    are there any trigger warnings I should know about? stone butch blues got intense and I never finished. I will read it I just gotta be in the right headspace for certain topics.

    • heartheartbreak [fae/faer]@hexbear.netEnglish
      29·
      1 year ago

      Beyond pink or blue is not a novel it’s more of like a theoretical exploration and journey of what transness means.

      I can’t remember ATM but most likely mentioning some violence perpetrated towards trans people, but not narratively.

      • Othello [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        19·
        1 year ago

        that is sooooo sweet, but it seems like such a big ask! I think ill be ok since it sounds more like dry theory rather than a heart wrenching novel. youre a gem comrade!

    • JuneFall [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      While I do agree with faer, there are a couple of CWs. It is about history of marginalized after all, so from what I remember there is some police brutality, some societal repression, some mentions of violence, some terms like deviant and worse are used, some words have outdated meanings (today other phrases would be used, but those were often only developed afterwards).

      https://hexbear.net/comment/3878643 seems to be happy to give specific ones. The main frame is that of speeches given by Leslie. Over all what did affect me personally was more the acquainting myself with what is described and contrasting or complementing it with my lived experiences.