Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (674 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316387959 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Club"PotentGrace writes viscerally about her experiences grappling with this condition throughout her life."Rolling Stone"A powerful, disarmingly honest portrait of becoming."Entertainment Weekly"What does it mean to be an authentic musician? The question doesn't sound like good fodder for a book - it's too woolly, too late-night-dorm-room. Laura Jane Grace claws her way into the light and we are all inspired to find our own grace."
Rachel Jenkins said Great writing, good gender transition story, even if you're not a fan of Against Me!. I'm not a fan of Against Me! but read this book for the gender transition story and great writing, on the recommendation of fans of the band.It's a page-turner and I read straight through it.The story was gleaned from journals kept by Laura Jane through the years so the narrative fe. JudyT said Laura Jane gave me great insight into how she feels now and how she. I thought this was really interesting insight into a transgender person as a human, being rather than just "LGBT". Both are important, but I think it's important to remember that we are all human and every human, regardless of religion, race, gender, or their place on any spectrum -. I enjoyed it, but my big complaint is that it Dominic I'm an AM! fan and was very excited to read this book. I enjoyed it, but my big complaint is that it seems stretched too thin. There are moments when Laura discusses the band and moments when she discusses her dysphoria, but Inever felt like I got a real taste of either. The book ju
Since coming out as transgender in a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, she has become an outspoken advocate for transgender awareness. She has a daughter and lives in Chicago.Dan Ozzi is a New York-based writer and has served as the editor of VICE's music site, Noisey.. Laura Jane Grace is a transgender musician best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the punk rock band Against
They suffered legal woes, a revolving door of drummers, and a horde of angry, militant punks who called them "sellouts" and tried to sabotage their shows at every turn.But underneath the public turmoil, something much greater occupied Gabel-a secret kept for 30 years, only acknowledged in the scrawled-out pages of personal journals and hidden in lyrics. With every notch the four-piece climbed in their career, they gained new fans while infuriating their old ones. Gabel formed Against Me! and rocketed the band from its scrappy beginnings-banging on a drum kit made of pickle buckets-to a major-label powerhouse that critics have called this generation's The Clash. ONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME"The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self.It began in a bedroom in Naples, Florida, when a misbehaving punk teenager named Tom Gabel, armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar and a headful of anarchist politics, landed on a riff. Since its inception in 1997, Against Me! has been one of punk's most influential modern bands, but also one of its most divisive. More than a typical music memoir about sex, drugs