Jess

Jess used to be a man. Then he found himself in a female body. It wasn''t funny. (Why would anyone even think it was?)

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"There''s a scene in Tootsie (1982) that is surely one of the most unacclaimed scenes of all time: Dustin Hoffman''s character, Michael, as ''Dorothy'', makes a suggestion on the set, and the director dismisses it out of hand. As I remember it, Hoffman''s face-conveying surprise, confusion, indignation-shows perfectly Michael''s reaction to the absence of (and, just maybe, awareness of) male entitlement/privilege. The entire movie should''ve been about that. Just that. It wasn''t. And so I wrote Jess."

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"[Jess''] perspective on being a girl and woman while having memories of being a man offers an understanding I''d never thought of. Really interesting book." poolays, LibraryThing

"Very interesting book. ... Definitely worth reading." Dan, Goodreads