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}}'''''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. |
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}}'''''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. |
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Bhatt published the first essay of what would become ''Trans/Rad/Fem'' in December of 2023,[{{cite web |last1=Bhatt |first1=Talia |title=Antithesis |url=https://taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/antithesis |website=Trans/Rad/Fem |access-date=27 March 2026 |date=8 December 2023}}] though she would later state that she did "closer to five" years worth of reading for the book.[{{cite web |last1=Bhatt |first1=Talia |url=https://bsky.app/profile/taliabhatt.itch.io/post/3lmdhprfqxk2p |website=Bluesky |title=@taliabhatt.itch.io|access-date=27 March 2026 |quote=Honestly closer to five because I was on radtwt developing these ideas since before I was Talia Bhatt.}}] 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]].[{{cite web |last1=Bhatt |first1=Talia |title=@taliabhatt.itch.io |url=https://bsky.app/profile/taliabhatt.itch.io/post/3lnfyn5fnvk2f |website=Bluesky |access-date=28 March 2026 |quote=I certainly didn't have as many followers on Xitter and I think Bsky responding well to 'The Third Sex' is probably what made "Trans/Rad/Fem" successful.}}] She finished writing the essays with "The Question Has an Answer" on 13 January 2025[{{cite web |last1=Bhatt |first1=Talia |title=The Question Has an Answer |url=https://taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/the-question-has-an-answer |website=Trans/Rad/Fem |access-date=29 March 2026 |date=13 January 2025}}] and published the book on 24 January 2025.[{{cite web |title=The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards |url=https://thetransfemininereview.com/2025/12/31/the-2025-tfr-readers-choice-awards/#best-transfeminine-nonfiction-trans-rad-fem-by-talia-bhatt |website=The Transfeminine Review |access-date=23 March 2026 |language=en |date=31 December 2025}}] |
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Bhatt published the first essay of what would become ''Trans/Rad/Fem'' in December of 2023,[{{cite web |last1=Bhatt |first1=Talia |title=Antithesis |url=https://taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/antithesis |website=Trans/Rad/Fem |access-date=27 March 2026 |date=8 December 2023}}] though she would later state that she did "closer to five" years worth of reading for the book.[{{cite web |last1=Bhatt |first1=Talia |url=https://bsky.app/profile/taliabhatt.itch.io/post/3lmdhprfqxk2p |website=Bluesky |title=@taliabhatt.itch.io|access-date=27 March 2026 |quote=Honestly closer to five because I was on radtwt developing these ideas since before I was Talia Bhatt.}}] 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]].[{{cite web |last1=Bhatt |first1=Talia |title=@taliabhatt.itch.io |url=https://bsky.app/profile/taliabhatt.itch.io/post/3lnfyn5fnvk2f |website=Bluesky |access-date=28 March 2026 |quote=I certainly didn't have as many followers on Xitter and I think Bsky responding well to 'The Third Sex' is probably what made "Trans/Rad/Fem" successful.}}] She finished writing the essays with "The Question Has an Answer" on 13 January 2025[{{cite web |last1=Bhatt |first1=Talia |title=The Question Has an Answer |url=https://taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/the-question-has-an-answer |website=Trans/Rad/Fem |access-date=29 March 2026 |date=13 January 2025}}] and published the book on 24 January 2025.[{{cite web |title=The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards |url=https://thetransfemininereview.com/2025/12/31/the-2025-tfr-readers-choice-awards/#best-transfeminine-nonfiction-trans-rad-fem-by-talia-bhatt |website=The Transfeminine Review |access-date=23 March 2026 |language=en |date=31 December 2025}}] |