| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 319 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Graphic artist Rhea Ewing celebrates the incredible diversity of experiences within the transgender community with this vibrant and revealing debut. For fans of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Meg-John Barker's Queer, Fine is an essential graphic memoir about the intricacies of gender identity and expression. As Rhea Ewing neared college graduation in 2012, they became consumed by the question: What is gender? This obsession sparked a quest in their quiet Midwest town, where they anxiously approached both friends and strangers for interviews to turn into comics. A decade later, their project has exploded into a fantastical and informative portrait of a surprisingly vast community spread across the country. Questions such as How do you identify? invited deep and honest accounts of adolescence, taking hormones, changing pronouns-and how these experiences can differ depending on culture, race, and religion. Amidst beautifully rendered scenes emerges Ewing's own visceral story growing up in rural Kentucky, grappling with their identity as a teenager, and ultimately finding themself through art-and by creating something this very fine"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- How do you know what to call yourself -- Femininity -- Masculinity -- Race -- Expression -- Body feelings -- Hormones -- Healthcare -- Language -- Being (un)seen -- Relationships -- Housing -- Bathrooms -- Queer community -- What we build. |
| Note |
"CONTENT WARNINGS: Gender dysphoria, transphobia, racism, ableism, and body-image issues are discussed throughout the book. Drug use, sex work, and suicidal ideation are mentioned briefly in some stories. There is one depiction of a suicide attempt on page 185 that may be especially challenging to some readers."--Page viii. |
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Resources for suicide and the LGBT community are included on page viii: Trans Lifeline -- The Trevor Project -- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline -- Crisis Text Line. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical resources. |
| Subject |
Ewing, Rhea -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Gender identity -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Cartoonists. (OCoLC)fst00848081
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Gender identity. (OCoLC)fst00939593
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographical comics. (OCoLC)fst01921583
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Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
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Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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Autobiographical comics.
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Graphic novels.
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Nonfiction comics.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781631496813 |
| ISBN |
9781631496806 (paperback) |
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1631496808 (paperback) |
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9781631496813 (epub) |
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