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Top 3 summer reading recommendations
Theory/Study books
"Trans Femme Futures", Nat Raha, Mijke van Der Drift
So this is my #1 2025 hole time book recommendation. This book is immaculately written and researched. It focuses on trans/queer abolitionist thinking, theorizing, and worldmaking together. It redefines femme and understanding transness and queerness less about identity and seeking inclusion or visibility, but rather why we do what we do. I love that the authors relate the struggle to the whole because yes, trans liberation is liberation for all (something that will be a theme in all of my top 3 recommendations). The book highlights care work in our movements. I truly believe everyone could get a lot from this book. I myself was blown away by a great deal, and this book has prompted me to write an essay. [...]
https://malikspeaks.noblogs.org/post/2025/08/10/top-3-summer-reading-recommendations/