If I Was Your Girl

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Here is their go fund me. I do not think rape and domestic abuse are forgivable crimes. I will no longer be reading or supporting anything by this author. If I Was Your Girlfriend" was covered on the TLC album, CrazySexyCool, released in 1994, and on their FanMail Tour. russo does a good job covering the various angles - parents who are supportive or at least want to be supportive but fear so much for their child's safety, knowing how much of the world is made of assholes, the social clumsiness of people who mean well but don't always know what's appropriate, the weight of the constant and casual sexual assessment of men, and the fear of misplaced trust. which i think is the best part of this book and the reason it was smart to not get bogged down in the medical or physical components - this is a really fast-paced book, where the pacing allows the details to blur as the reader is carried along. although there are obviously many elements specific to the trans experience, there's also so much that's universal here - this could be any YA romance-with-a-secret - any girl worried a boy won't like her anymore when he finds out her past: The man said goodbye, winked again, and walked stiffly to his seat. I turned my attention straight ahead. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Dad doing the same.

This is a book that should be among required reading in schools. It talks about an important topic in a non-polarizing way. Teens could likely grasp these ideas and identify with them. You do not need to be part of the trans community to understand bullying and stigma.

Did we miss something on diversity?

Amanda is easily relatable, but I found that was because she didn't have a very distinct personality. She definitely creates a feeling of universal sympathy - because it's hard trying to fit in, learning to accept yourself, and finding someone to love you - but she feels, perhaps deliberately, like a blank canvas. Maybe this is so all readers, trans and otherwise, can put themselves in her shoes.

The hospital bed creaked as Mom sat and rubbed my leg through the thin blanket. A forced smile tightened her apple cheeks but failed to reach her eyes. Her clothes looked baggy; she must not have eaten since I was admitted, to have lost so much weight. A rating cannot summarize how I feel about this book. I'm glad it exists. I am so thankful that we have a YA book with a transgender MC, a transgender author, and a transgender cover model. I want transgender and cisgender readers alike to read about Amanda's experiences. Afternoon, Mary Anne,” he said, grinning broadly and waving as he took a seat at the counter. That smile gave me a feeling of vertigo. He had smiled when I was seven and I told him I wanted to try out for Little League. He had smiled when I was nine and I agreed to go hunting with him. I couldn’t remember any other times. “Heard your granny had a stroke. How y’all holding up?” That ain’t possible,” she said. “There ain’t a thing in God’s creation that could undo the love I have for my son.”In 2003, the Jay-Z/ Beyoncé Knowles single, " '03 Bonnie & Clyde" (from The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse) used several lines of "If I Was Your Girlfriend", and Prince was credited as one of the writers. What did the counselor say?” I had met with him a few days before. When he asked me what was wrong with me, I wrote six words on a notepad, my throat still too sore from the stomach pump to speak. so yeah, it's an important book, and it's such a fast read that it's generally easy to overlook the first novel-jitters, although it needs to be said that the star wars homecomingposal scene was intensely cheesy and absurd.