Trans/Rad/Fem
2025 essay collection by Talia Bhatt
Trans/Rad/Fem: Essays on Transfeminism is a 2025 collection of transfeminist essays by Talia Bhatt, originally posted to her Substack. The book argues for a transgender reclamation of radical feminism and a deconstruction of third gender tropes. It won the 2025 Transfeminine Review Reader's Choice Award for nonfiction.
Background
Bhatt published the first essay of what would become Trans/Rad/Fem in December of 2023, though she would later state that she did "closer to five" years worth of reading for the book. She continued publishing the essays throughout the writing of the book, and attributed the book's eventual success to one of them, "The Third Sex," becoming popular on the social media platform Bluesky. She finished writing the essays with "The Question Has an Answer" on 13 January 2025 and published the book on 24 January 2025.
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The book's first part, "Fundamentals," begins with a description of the author's experiences as a trans woman of color. She then argues for a systemic understanding of misogyny and patriarchy and describes how they are inherently connected to heterosexuality. She also discusses how women's subjugation and dehumanization is rationalized through a process she calls misogynistic socialization. Bhatt then elucidates gendering as a violent, socially constructed process.
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