I picked this one up after someone recommended it for the #TransRightReadathon 2023 and I'm disappointed it didn't work out. I think this had a lot of promise, but needed a good edit to help each story be successful on their own. 

As a lot of others have mentioned, there are several TWs you need to be aware of, and that almost had me DNFing. Many of these stories read like trauma porn, or something similar and it made me very uncomfortable. I had to stop drinking my coffee at one point while listening to the audiobook. 

The main things that made me uncomfortable: the explicit sexual scenes between minors (12-13 year olds) and the narrative push that men can't be raped. 

I won't suggest this one and hope I can find similar short story collections. Additionally, I'm confused on why this is on the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards longlist when looking at the other books on the longlist. I guess we'll see what the short list ends up being. 

TW: explicit minor sexual scenes, grooming, cheating, rape