{"product_id":"trans-figured-on-being-a-transgender-person-in-a-cisgender-world-hardcover","title":"Trans Figured: On Being a Transgender Person in a Cisgender World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSophie Grace Chappell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I was four and three-quarters when I asked my mother if, from now on, I could please go to school as a girl instead of as a boy ...'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this extraordinary new book, renowned philosopher Sophie Grace Chappell combines personal memoir, philosophical reflection, open letters, science fiction writing, and poetry to help us all figure out transgender.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is it really like to be transgender?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow can we as a society do better to accept the reality of trans lives and to welcome and include trans adults, trans children, and trans families?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow can trans people thrive in a cisgendered world?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor too long now, clouds of myth, misinformation, alarmism, and wrong-headed ideology have masked the reality of trans people's lives. By answering questions like these, this book blows away the clouds and gives us the truth instead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRich, informative, and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eTrans Figured\u003c\/i\u003e will be widely read and celebrated for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophie Grace Chappell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at The Open University, and Executive Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books include \u003ci\u003eReading Plato's Theaetetus\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eEthics and Experience\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eKnowing What to Do\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eEpiphanies: An Ethics of Experience\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), and \u003ci\u003eA Philosopher Looks at Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). She is a published poet (\u003ci\u003eSongs for Winter Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, 2021) and an enthusiastic, though not necessarily gifted, mountaineer and pianist. She lives in Dundee, Scotland, with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153102344327,"sku":"9781509561506","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/72edaf41e668859a5c860f87aabcbb67.webp?v=1733219004","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/trans-figured-on-being-a-transgender-person-in-a-cisgender-world-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}