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We See Each Other

A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

by Tre'vell Anderson
Tre'vell Anderson
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A groundbreaking look at the history of transgender representation in TV and film, by an of-the-moment and in-demand culture reporter. Narrated by Tre'vell Anderson, WE SEE EACH OTHER is a personal history of trans visibility since the beginning of moving images. A literary reckoning, it unearths a transcestry that's long existed in plain sight and in the shadows of history's annals, and further contextualizes our present moment of increased representation. The films and television shows that Tre'vell covers include: Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, Psycho, Holiday Heart, Boy's Don't Cry, America's Next Top Model, Some Like It Hot, Survivor, Tangerine, Pose, RuPaul's Drag Race and much more. Though there have been trans memoirs and histories, there has never been a book quite like this, nor is anyone more suited to write it than Tre'vell. "I don't remember exactly when I was taught to hate myself," says Tre'vell Anderson in We See Each Other's introduction. As the narrative unfolds, Tre'vell knits together the history of trans people on screen with stories of their life growing up and their formative experiences as a Black, trans journalist.

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  • Release date

    May 9, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781368093958
      • File size: 184050 KB
      • Duration: 06:23:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from May 29, 2023
      Journalist Anderson’s stellar debut surveys pop culture representations of trans people. Criticizing the entertainment industry’s rocky history with trans stories, Anderson argues that such films as Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire perpetuate harmful stereotypes by suggesting that trans women and femmes are “men in wigs,” and that the graphic depictions of self-mutilation in Netflix’s 2018 film Girl, in which a cis actor plays a trans ballerina, are gratuitous and voyeuristic. Singling out reality TV as the “place where perhaps the best, most varied images of trans folks happen,” Anderson writes that trans model Isis King’s stints on America’s Next Top Model “awakened something within me.” Among other “hella personal” takes on trans figures, Anderson devotes a chapter to how Laverne Cox’s rise to fame after starring in Orange Is the New Black inspired them to start “using the language of ‘gender nonconforming’ to describe my unfolding gender expression.” Anderson’s keen critical eye and humor (“I’ve been rooting for everybody Black since I was in utero, honey”) add to a deeply personal take on the trans film and TV canon that emphasizes the ability of such stories to open “a world of possibilities of what life could be and look like.” Incisive and candid, this dazzles.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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