Transland, Mx. Sly
Transland, Mx. Sly
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Transland
Consent, Kink, and Pleasure

Author: Mx. Sly

Narrator: Sebastian Marziali

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 02/13/2024


Synopsis

A memoir of transformation and self-discovery that explores fetish communities from a gender diverse perspective. Transland is a fiery and revealing memoir that delves into what happens when a non-binary person goes looking for self-worth and a sense of belonging in fetish subculture, only to find that fetish communities come with just as many problematic rules, expectations, and hierarchies as mainstream ones. Moving from wide-eyed optimism that the fetish community is the promised land to realizing the ways fetish communities - even queer ones - reinforce the commodification of bodies, Mx. Sly examines how BDSM helped them understand and articulate their gender, how kink helped them turn shameful experiences into liberating ones, and how they became disillusioned with the BDSM scene - without rejecting the lessons fetish taught them. Edem Awumey gives us a darkly moving and terrifying novel about fear and play, repression and protest, and the indomitable nature of creativity. Sexy, gutting, graphic, and existential, Transland is about finding oneself through intense sensations, reaching a point where being hit has diminishing returns, and coming out wiser on the other side.

Reviews

I started off the #transrightsreadathon with Mx. Sly’s memoir called Transland on audiobook narrated by Sebastian Marziala. With such topics as BDSM being taboo, I would definitely recommend this book obviously to adults and suggest each reader check the trigger warnings as there are many mature (as......more

Goodreads review by Carrie

Using Mx. Sly’s own words: awe and anger, yin and yang. This memoir is poetic and tragic and hopeful and full of sadness and love. A dive into their queer mind- with trauma, desire for community, reality of society, and the escapism and fulfillment found in kink. Sly’s words are absolutely stunning......more

Goodreads review by Tara

Format Read: Ebook from NetGalley (Available now) Review: This is a very told, heartbreak and sexual story. Be sure to check the triggers. The author isn’t shy. I enjoyed the emotional parts and the parts about how the author and those she knows approached life as a transgender person. The sex scene......more

Goodreads review by Robin

Audiobook provided by Net Galley. I'm not the biggest fan of applying star ratings to memoirs; so just know that. Also I have incredibly low libido so the significance of some parts were probably lost on me...ANYWAY- While I believe all stories have a right to be told, I am not sure if this memoir wa......more