My Body Is Distant, Paige Maylott
My Body Is Distant, Paige Maylott
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My Body Is Distant
A Memoir

Author: Paige Maylott

Narrator: Paige Maylott

Unabridged: 10 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 09/19/2023

Synopsis

An electrifying and vulnerable memoir that invites readers into an intimate conversation about our digital and physical selves, gender, and belonging. In My Body Is Distant, Paige Maylott writes about her life — both virtual and IRL — as she explores her authentic self and sexuality through dream-like virtual worlds. While Paige dances in online BDSM clubs and hurls spells on virtual battlefields, she is swept into a fairy tale romance that pushes her into discovery mode: How can she transcend her carefully curated computer universe and manifest that happiness in the real world? As she discovers the person she is meant to be, Paige contends with a cancer diagnosis and an imploding marriage while struggling to convert an online love story into reality. When a humiliation at work provides the necessary push to transition, Paige finds the freedom to explore her new self. Part trans woman’s coming-out story and part heartfelt romance, My Body Is Distant follows Paige from a childhood obsession with the 1980s game Zork, through a health crisis and divorce, to, ultimately, an affirmation of authenticity and self-love.

Reviews

Goodreads review by amber on May 21, 2023

My Body is Distant is a memoir about many things - medical crises, transition, a love letter to fantasy and imagination, the blurry but significant lines between our online selves and our real lives, and the author's journey to live fully not just online, but in her own skin, too. Maylott's writing......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 20, 2024

5/5–Maylott’s memoir is a labour of love and attention so distinct, so close to the bone, you feel at one with the author, as if you are a gamer and this book a marvellous, addictive game. Delivered through playful, lyrical language, time and theme are layered with intricate ease, “flash[ing] and sp......more

Goodreads review by t on January 11, 2025

i appreciate the honesty. BUT. there is only so much video game furry porn smut i can tolerate before i consider transphobia (/j but you know…)......more

Goodreads review by Jane on May 19, 2024

This is a well-written and brave memoir about coming out as a trans person and the vital role of trying out new identities in the virtual world / the online gaming world, as well as so much insight about the relationship with her body, starting with surgery for cancer and then the decision to transi......more

Goodreads review by Bek on September 11, 2023

In My Body is Distant, Paige Maylott goes back and forth throughout her life, revealing a lot about her relationship with technology, transition, disability, and other people in her life.  At face value, this book is right in my wheelhouse, but under the surface there's even more that I loved. Not on......more

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