A memoir of transformation and self-discovery that explores fetish communities from a gender diverse perspective. “Transland” is a fiery and revealing memoir that delves into what happens when a non-binary person goes looking for self-worth and a sense of belonging in fetish subculture, only to find that fetish communities come with just as many problematic rules, expectations, and hierarchies as mainstream ones.
Moving from wide-eyed optimism that the fetish community is the promised land to realizing the ways fetish communities, even queer ones, reinforce the commodification of bodies, Mx. Sly examines how BDSM helped them understand and articulate their gender, how kink helped them turn shameful experiences into liberating ones, and how they became disillusioned with the BDSM scene, without rejecting the lessons fetish taught them.
Edem Awumey gives us a darkly moving and terrifying novel about fear and play, repression and protest, and the indomitable nature of creativity.
Sexy, gutting, graphic, and existential, “Transland” is about finding oneself through intense sensations, reaching a point where being hit has diminishing returns, and coming out wiser on the other side.
