“["Manning Up"'s] essays definitely nuance the idea of transitioning into a “shared manhood” (much like feminists of color have complicated the idea… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“The term “FTM-Butch Border War” just sounds like an alien land of yore. How is it that the gravitational pull of my beard and… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“Books were irreplaceable to me as a teenage trans person trying to figure out my identity. I bought or borrowed every one I could… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“We’re at this really unique time, I think, in trans representation in popular culture where homelessness, depression, mental health issues, instability-in-general are still so… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“["Manning Up"'s] essays definitely nuance the idea of transitioning into a “shared manhood” (much like feminists of color have complicated the idea of “shared… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“That night I looked Stephanie [Burt] up online and started reading more about her work...I kept encountering a striking factoid...: she’s often cited as… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“When trying to comprehend what is happening to, and through, oneself, why not question the narratives one has been handed to make sense with?… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“How does ANY male-identified person know he is a man? And does my answer really diverge greatly from how many men, trans or cisgender,… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
![“["Manning Up"'s] essays definitely nuance the idea of transitioning into a “shared manhood” (much like feminists of color have complicated the idea of “shared womanhood”). Trans men don’t all transition to just become “men,” which was one of the projects’ cornerstone concepts. They become black…” quote by Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/118/mitch-kellaway-52397_feminism_manning-up-s-essays-definitely-nuance-th_1256955.jpg)
![“The term “FTM-Butch Border War” just sounds like an alien land of yore. How is it that the gravitational pull of my beard and low-voice should hold [my lesbian friend's] masculinity in deferential orbit? That when standing side-by-side we are supposedly read in comparison, rendering her…” quote by Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/300/mitch-kellaway-52397_masculinity_the-term-ftm-butch-border-war-just-sound_276237.jpg)
![“That night I looked Stephanie [Burt] up online and started reading more about her work...I kept encountering a striking factoid...: she’s often cited as the most influential poetry critic of her generation. And she’s openly trans. This is not the world I was taught I would grow into when I was a…” quote by Mitch Kellaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e62/mitch-kellaway-52397_poetry_that-night-i-looked-stephanie-burt-up-on_1972814.jpg)
