Thom's criticisms of how people in queer communities and social justice spaces often fail one another are spot-on, though she offers few concrete suggestions for change. I wish that I had read this during my "wow, if I disagree with some of my fellow leftist queers, I guess that does indeed make me a bootlicker" crisis, because it would have given me a much-needed reality check.

Perhaps my favorite essay in this collection is the straightforwardly-titled "How Neoliberalism Is Stealing Trans Liberation," which highlights the lack of real progress following 2014's "trans tipping point," despite increased media representation and near-constant "debate" of trans issues.

My favorite poems in this collection are "you are allowed to leave," "there is another girl out there," and "the witch's manifesto: a freakish ethics for fearsome living in the monstrous world."