H ello Cruel World is directed at teens and so I take it, Bornstein did not approach all the issues she usually addresses and in all their complexity. So I was familiar with her overall message and her direct and accessible manner of presenting it.

I had also listened to her interview on the Radical Guy Podcast (a great podcast on transgender issues, very informative, you should check it out by the way).

This was my first experience reading Kate Bornstein though I’d heard about her (at length) from a friend who enjoys her work. Title: Hello Cruel World – 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws So here's a book I read about a month ago.

In the mean time, I'm several reviews behind. I'd never thought I'd be eager to work, but I had such a blast at my last internship, I can't wait to start again. I'll probably do an entry on my experience over there if I have the time. Overall, if I still had doubts prior to the internship regarding my motivations or capacities, I now know that I want to work in publishing.Īnyway, I'll get back to that. It feels a bit odd after being away for nearly four months, but it's not going to last, this year being my last university year. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.EdroxyI'm back in Orleans, trying to settle back into my old life. Tenderly intimate and unapologetically edgy, Kate Bornstein is the radical role model, the affectionate best friend, and the guiding mentor all in one. Hello, Cruel World features a catalog of 101 alternatives to suicide that range from the playful (moisturize!), to the irreverent (shatter some family values), to the highly controversial.ĭesigned to encourage readers to give themselves permission to unleash their hearts' harmless desires, the book has only one directive: 'Don't be mean.' It is this guiding principle that brings its reader on a self-validating journey, which forges wholly new paths toward a resounding decision to choose life. Here, Bornstein bravely and wittily shares personal and unorthodox methods of survival in an often cruel world.Ī one-of-a-kind guide to staying alive outside the box, Hello, Cruel World is a much-needed unconventional approach to life for those who want to stay on the edge, but alive. Celebrated transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein has, with more humor and spunk than any other, ushered us into a world of limitless possibility through a daring re-envisionment of the gender system as we know it.

Hello Cruel World by Kate Bornstein