CJ Bellwether

PURCHASE A COPY OF FTW

Mira long held the view that trans womens' work is often devalued, or considered to be lesser than that of cis writers. When FTW first came out, there were no publishers willing to print or sell trans womens' work. So, that FTW was not only released, but sold as a fair price, and that it continues to do so, was an essential point for her.
illustration on napkin of two faces

Emily Zhou “Nerves, Nerves Nerves” – Defector

"I got a copy of the recently reprinted zine Napkin, by the multihyphenate artist Carta Monir, in the mail a few months ago. The last time I read it was in mid-2020, when I was maybe two years on hormones—the weird,"
gray anatomy diagram of body with penis

Tobi Hill-Meyer “Muffing 101” – Autostraddle

I’m going to get technical here because I’m about to give you directions to a small thing you probably haven’t encountered before. Did you know that the phallus goes down to the base and continues along the inside of your body? That’s called the “root.
cover for french rendition of FTW

Baiser des Meufs Trans

Il y a quelque chose comme deux ans, j’ai découvert la zine Fucking Trans Women, écrite en 2010 par Mira Bellwether. J’ai tout de suite été totalement subjuguée par la force et la richesse de ce document, et, prise d’une frénésie de traduction militante (la première pierre de mon travail...