Amateur

From an award winning writer whose work bristles with hard won strength, insight, agility, and love Maggie Nelson , an exquisite and troubling narrative of masculinity, violence, and society.In this groundbreaking new book, the author, a trans man, trains to fight in a charity match at Madison Square Garden while struggling to untangle the vexed relationship between masculinity and violence Through his experience boxing learning to get hit, and to hit back wrestling with the camaraderie of the gym confronting the betrayals and strength of his own body McBee examines the weight of male violence, the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes, and the limitations of conventional masculinity A wide ranging exploration of gender in our society, Amateur is ultimately a story of hope, as McBee traces a new way forward, a new kind of masculinity, inside the ring and outside of it.In this graceful, stunning, and uncompromising exploration of living, fighting, and healing, we gain insight into the stereotypes and shifting realities of masculinity today through the eyes of a new man. Best Read [ Amateur ] author [ Thomas Page McBee ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Thomas Page McBee was the first transgender man to box at Madison Square Garden In his second memoir, which arose from a Quartz article entitled Why Men Fight, he recounts the training leading up to his charity match and ponders whether aggression is a natural male trait McBee grew up in a small town outside Pittsburgh with a stepfather who sexually abused him from age four In 2011 he started the testosterone injections that would begin his gender transformation During the years that follo Thomas Page McBee was the first transgender man to box at Madison Square Garden In his second memoir, which arose from a Quartz article entitled Why Men Fight, he recounts the training leading up to his charity matc...Maggie Nelson said that this book was like sitting with someone uncurling his hands, than holding them out to you, open, so that you can behold all the hard won strength, insight, agility and love to be found there and I think t...Thomas Page McBee wrote an earlier book, Man Alive, about his transition this one, Amateur, is about his attempts to learn to box in order to fight in a charity match at Madison Square Garden He did it, becoming the first trans man to box there in the process As its subtitle would suggest, this is fertile ground in terms of seeing questions about manhood through the lens of violence, aggression, love, and the moments where those three things can be synonymous, and the moments where they are Thomas Page McBee wrote an earlier book, Man Alive, about his transition this one, Amateur, is about his attempts to learn to box in order to fight in a charity match at Madison Square Garden He did it, bec...Amateur A True Story About What Makes A Man is the memoir by Thomas Page McBee in which he explores masculinity through the framework of training for and fighting in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden I commend McBee for taking on the HUGE topic of masculinity as well as becoming a boxer, duh in the mere 204 pages of this book By framing the discussion through his own experiences, McBee makes the complex subject matter into an enjoyable read that is unique, specific, and eye Amateur A True Story About What Makes A Man is the memoir by Thomas Page McBee in which he explores masculinity through the framework of training for and fighting in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden I commend McBee for taking on the HUGE topic of masculinity as well as becoming a boxer, duh in the mere 204 pages of this book By framing the discussion through his own experiences, McBee makes the complex subject matter into an enjoyable read that is unique, specific, and eye opening.McBee is transgendered, a point central to the story but not the main subject Trans ness forced McBee to experience the gender conditioning of boy that is usually undergone as an infant as an adult, as he said I am a beginner, a man born at thirty That said, even f...This is the kind of book I wish I could have written and maybe still will And when I do write my book about masculinity, I will credit Thomas Page McBee along with bell hooks and her moving call to action, The Will to Change for their ability to write about the challenges of creating a new brand of masculinity without sounding whiny and without making it seem like men have it harder than women.In fact, McBee is able to call men to task while still deepening our understanding of masculine frag This is the kind of book I wish I could have written and maybe still will And when I do write my book about masculinity, I will credit Thomas Page McBee along with bell hooks and her moving call to action, The Will to Change for their ability to write about the challenges of creating a new brand of masculinity without sounding whiny and without making it seem like men have it harder than women.In fact, McBee is able to call men to task while still deepening our understanding of masculine fragility, hunger, and desire I ve spent a good part of my life okay, nearly all of it feeling uncomfortable with hegemonic masculinity, wavering between inadequate and good enough, fearful and bold Only now that...This is an important book that will likely not be read widely enough.The writing is great He s a journalist and that shows in the style, but he s also a natural storyteller and that shows too, especially the in the parts about his mother.My experiences with masculinity differ from his people still talk over me in meetings, for one thing , but his perspective is valuable and unique and full of unexpected depth and wisdom A lot of what he had to say resonated A lot of it, I wish I could share This is an important book that will likely not be read widely enough.The writing is great He s a journalist and that shows in the style, but he s also a...This one is going to sit with me for awhile Ann Friedman s back of the book review calls it a warm hug, and it is I loved his writing style, his ability to see everything, to face hard truths and lead with a beginner s mind There s a lot to say about mas...If I m honest, I have little interest in boxing and perhaps less so in masculinity as a concept , but Thomas Page McBee is such a talent, I d follow him anywhere This is a generous and tender story, beautifully rendered I m grateful this book is in the world.Superbly well written and insightful, a pleasure to read Thomas explores the subject of masculinity with great openness and vulnerability As a woman I found it very interesting to read, and it certainly made me see thingsfrom the male point of view.The hunks of truth, contained within Amateur , weigh in with such power and necessity delivered with such graceful empathy and self awareness its authority is impossible to deny The world is a better place knowing Thomas Page McBee is in it Every body should read this.

• 10 September 2018
Thomas Page McBee
• Hardcover
• 224 pages
• 1501168746
• Thomas Page McBee
• Amateur