Hello, Cruel World, 2nd Ed.: 121 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws

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Kate Bornstein Sara Quin

Hello, Cruel World, 2nd Ed.

121 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws

Kate Bornstein, Sara Quin

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Seven Stories Press,U.S.
06 May 2025

Comic strip fiction & graphic novels (Children's&YA)

This 20th anniversary edition of transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein's unconventional guide to staying alive for teens, freaks and gender outlaws features 20 NEW Alternatives, a new foreword by the author, and a new afterword by Paul Preciado.

""A don't-hurt guide for anyone who's been tempted to give in to despair.""-Time Out New York

""You'll want to keep extra copies of this one on the shelf to give away to friends in need."" -Bitch magazine

This 20th anniversary edition of transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein's unconventional guide to staying alive for teens, freaks and gender outlaws features 20 NEW Alternatives, a new foreword by the author, and a new afterword by Paul Preciado.

""A don't-hurt guide for anyone who's been tempted to give in to despair.""-Time Out New York

""You'll want to keep extra copies of this one on the shelf to give away to friends in need."" -Bitch magazine

Now updated and with new material Hello, Cruel World features a catalog of 121 alternatives to suicide that range from the playful (moisturize!), to the irreverent (shatter some family values), to the controversial, fun, challenging and easy. Encouraging readers to unleash their hearts' harmless desires, the book has only one directive- ""Don't be mean."" It is this guiding principle that brings the reader on a self-validating journey and toward a resounding decision to embrace life.

Using graphics and checklists, and with great humor and gutsiness, Kate Bornstein dares readers to re-envision the gender system as we know it. She offers stories and insights that are tenderly intimate and unapologetically edgy. Hello, Cruel World also includes-

an Introduction by Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara The Hello Cruel Scale of Feelings an Index of Alternatives with safety and effectiveness scales

Suicide rates among LGBTQ+ teens are much higher than for their cis peers; with love and humor and confession and insight, Bornstein hopes to keep every freak out there alive. She is a radical role model, an affectionate best friend, and a guiding mentor all in one. This one-of-a-kind guide to staying alive is a much-needed, sometimes unorthodox approach to life for those who want to stay on the edge, and alive.

Finalist, LGBT Nonfiction Lambda Literary Award, 2009 Honor Book, Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award, 2009

By: Kate Bornstein
Introduction by: Sara Quin
Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781644214435
ISBN 10: 1644214431
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 06 May 2025
Recommended Age: From 14 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A celebrated pioneer and advocate for the LGBTQ community, Kate Bornstein is the author of My Gender Workbook- How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely; Gender Outlaw- On Men, Women and The Rest of Us; and A Queer and Pleasant Danger- A Memoir. Her plays and performance pieces include Hidden- A Gender, The Opposite Sex Is Neither, and Too Tall Blondes In Love. Bornstein lives in New York City with her partner, Barbara Carrellas.

Reviews for Hello, Cruel World, 2nd Ed.: 121 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws

""How lucky we are to have such a clear and intelligent writer who has had profoundly personal experiences with different identities, the subject of this first-rate book."" --Kurt Vonnegut ""I realize Kate Bornstein is trying to save teenagers--the beautiful weirdos on whom the fate of our future rests--but if her book gets into the wrong hands, she might inadvertently save a whole lot of adults too."" --San Francisco Chronicle ""Writer-activist-professional outcast Kate Bornstein takes an empathetic approach."" --Carol Queen, co-editor of PoMoSexuals