Vanessa Willoughby is a writer and editor living in the suburban doldrums of Connecticut and often daydreams of her eventual escape. She is a Prose Editor for the literary journal Winter Tangerine Review.
A hybrid memoir, thick with the feeling of a certain time and place, takes us on an excursion across personal, political, and pop landscapes, opening up new possibilities for disarming a cultural climate hostile to transgender individuals.
“I convinced myself that moving on meant dating as many people as possible. I reasoned that I would only heal if I was too busy to notice that I was hurting.”
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