An inappropriate observation for such a sad week

I never noticed how much I leaned on my elbows until they were covered with massage oil. That said, I still think a midday massage was a good idea.

Two lists inspired by my last post

Books we've read in my feminist book club in approximate descending order of how much I liked them:

• My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki 
• The Orchard: A Memoir by Adele Crockett Robertson 
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 
• A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernandez 
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray 
• A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today by Kate Bornstein 
• How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez 
• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 
• Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain 
• Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
• Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore 
• The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar 
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 
• By the Light of My Father's Smile by Alice Walker 
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin 
• The Round House by Louise Erdrich 
• I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé 
• Zazen by Vanessa Beselka 
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin 
• The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood 
• The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

Books that I would like to read by trans women, in no particular order*:

• A Safe Girl To Love by Casey Plett 
• Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano 
• Nevada by Imogen Binnie** 
• I've Got a Time Bomb by Sybil Lamb 
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock 
• Hormones by Amber Neko Meador 
• Run, Clarissa, Run by Rachel Eliason 

*I am very open to expanding this list. Add suggestions in the comments.
**OK, I've already read this one, and it's awesome. So good.

What did YOU mean?

I'm in a feminist book club. It's amazing and I recommend it.

Next month, it's my turn to suggest books for us to choose from. I thought we might like to read a novel or memoir by a trans woman, and although I have a few of them on my mental list already, I thought I'd see what was available easily through my public library.

This happened:



Which, first of all, no. Why would I mean transponder?

Second, my original search turned up 30 results, but out of curiosity, I tried out a search for "transponder." This happened:



So... why do you ask?