Morbid Obsessions - On trans and sex worker bodies and writing fiction from the margins (Paperback)

The histories of the trans and sex worker rights movements are closely intertwined and, particularly in the UK, it's rare to find a carceral feminist who isn't also a rabid transphobe. What does it mean to write as part of a community that is under attack? Where, in fiction, is the line between exploring harmful ideology and humanising it? In Morbid Obsessions Alison Rumfitt and Frankie Miren explore these questions and talk about the crossover in the ways they chose to approach them in their novels Tell Me I'm Worthless (Cipher Press) and The Service (Influx Press), covering the pornographic interest in sex workers and trans women, online violence, moral panic, creative representation, and paying tribute to sex worker and trans activism through fiction. Frank, funny, and hopeful, and featuring two new stories, an introduction by writer and historian Morgan M. Page, and an interview with Natalia Santana Mendes, Morbid Obsessions is an urgent and vital conversation about making art as collective struggle. All proceeds (after production costs) from the sale of this book will be donated to Babeworld, a collective which seeks to create a more representative art world, and will go into direct grants to marginalised artists.

General

Imprint:	Cipher Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2022
Authors:	Frankie Miren • Alison Rumfitt
Introduction by:	Morgan M Page
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	112
ISBN-13:	978-1-73978-495-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
LSN:	1-73978-495-2
Barcode:	9781739784959

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