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Mia does an excellent detailing her journey through transition, and explaining the trans experience to people who might be unfamiliar. I’d recommend this book to anyone - cis, trans, or questioning - who wants to better understand what it means to be trans.

I thought this book was phenomenal for the author’s clear explanations of the realities of her experience as a trans woman and her deft dismissal of the many misconceptions popular culture promulgates about trans people. I think everyone should read this book, especially if they are questioning their gender, or trying to better understand the trans people in their life.

Some of the terminology is outdated (as the author notes in the foreword), and some of the examples are a bit outdated as well, but it’s not a significant issue, and many of the same broad points are still unfortunately all too accurate.

I did find some of the discussion about the nuances of feminist theory and the internal politics of the queer movement a bit inaccessible, but I’d chalk that up to my own lack of familiarity going in, than any shortcoming on the author’s part.

What this book is not - a field guide for industrial sabotage.

What it is - a well-reasoned argument in favor of a radical flank of the climate movement.

I found it surprisingly hopeful, in a good way, with his skillful takedown of deep ecology and climate fatalism. I come away feeling reinvigorated that a mass movement with a broad diversity of tactics is still capable of making humanity change our ways fast enough to avert catastrophe.