Morbid Obsessions On Trans and Sex Worker Bodies and Writing Fiction from the Margins

The histories of the trans and sex worker rights movements are closely intertwined and, particularly in the UK, it's rare to find a carceral feminist who isn't also a rabid transphobe. What does it mean to write as part of a community that is under attack? Where, in fiction, is the line between exploring harmful ideology and humanising it? In Morbid Obsessions Alison Rumfitt and Frankie Miren explore these questions and talk about the crossover in the ways they chose to approach them in their novels Tell Me I'm Worthless (Cipher Press) and The Service (Influx Press), covering the pornographic interest in sex workers and trans women, online violence, moral panic, creative representation, and paying tribute to sex worker and trans activism through fiction. Frank, funny, and hopeful, and featuring two new stories and an introduction by writer and historian Morgan M. Page, Morbid Obsessions is an urgent and vital conversation about making art as collective struggle. All proceeds (after pr

ISBN:	9781739784959
Publisher:	Cipher Press
Imprint:	Cipher Press
Published date:	29 Sep 2022
DEWEY:	809.33538
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	112
Weight:	200g
Height:	198mm
Width:	129mm

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