{"product_id":"none-of-the-above-reflections-on-life-beyond-the-binary-paperback","title":"None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTravis Alabanza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlok Vaid-Menon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"humane and heart-rending\" memoir exploring what it means to live outside the normative boundaries imposed by society, from an award-winning trans writer and performer (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNone of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary\u003c\/i\u003e, Travis Alabanza considers seven phrases people have directed at them throughout their life. These phrases--some deceptively innocuous, some deliberately loaded or violent, some celebratory--have fundamentally shaped Alabanza, both for better and for worse. But these phrases also illuminate broader issues about a world that insists on gender as a fixed identity.Alabanza considers the meaning of gender, and the role it plays in a world that rigidly and aggressively enforces the binary. Drawing from their experiences as racialized queer person, Alabanza deftly interrogates our current frameworks around identity with nuance, openness, and humor. The result is a meditation on doubt and language that turns a mirror back on society, and on ourselves. By heralding transformative futures, \u003ci\u003eNone of the Above\u003c\/i\u003e questions what we think we know--and shares new ways that we might live.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTravis Alabanza\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer, performer and theatre maker. After being the youngest recipient of the Artist-in-Residency program at Tate Galleries, Alabanza's debut show \u003ci\u003eBurgerz\u003c\/i\u003e toured internationally to sold-out performances in the Southbank Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and HAU, Berlin, and won the Edinburgh Fringe Total Theatre Award. In 2020 their theatre show \u003ci\u003eOverflow\u003c\/i\u003e debuted at the Bush Theatre to widespread acclaim and later streamed online in over twenty countries. Their writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003egal-dem\u003c\/i\u003e, and BBC Online, and they previously had a fortnightly column in the \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e. They have been published in numerous anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBlack and Gay in the UK\u003c\/i\u003e. Their work surrounding gender, trans identity, and race has garnered international recognition, and they have given talks at universities including Oxford, Harvard, Bristol, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlok Vaid-Menon\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally acclaimed author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. They are the author of \u003ci\u003eFemme in Public\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Gender Binary\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYour Wound\/My Garden\u003c\/i\u003e. They have appeared on Netflix's \u003ci\u003eGetting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness\u003c\/i\u003e, HBO's \u003ci\u003eRandom Acts of Flyness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Trans List\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53388697305395,"sku":"9781558610347","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/q1Ublsy_ud9781558610347.webp?v=1779483030","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/none-of-the-above-reflections-on-life-beyond-the-binary-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}