{"product_id":"9781509561506","title":"Trans Figured On Being a Transgender Person in a Cisgender World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTrans Figured\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOn Being a Transgender Person in a Cisgender World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSophie Grace Chappell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 June 2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509561506\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314178551948,"sku":"9781509561506","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509561506_f198ff58-5404-4765-824b-28694bc05e19.jpg?v=1780141676","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509561506","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}