Reposted by Bill Thompson
As per my previous blogging about real history being age-gated, a folk song merely about the 1966 Aberfan disaster now requires age verification. Which is a fairly awful irony.
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![Editor's note from Bulwark: 1
Editor’s note (September 3, 2026, 1:10 p.m. EDT): In a response to this review posted to social media, Gil Durán, author of The Nerd Reich, has highlighted that the reviewer, Jacob Bruggeman, is affiliated with the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI). Durán mentions FAI in his book, once, in a sentence that reads as follows: “This merging of tech and far-right networks—hosted by the Foundation for American Innovation, which Inc. later described as ‘the foundation shaping the tech right’—seemed like a live test of [Balaji] Srinivasan’s theory.” Bruggeman’s affiliation with FAI is an unpaid, nonresident fellowship (in other words, it is not his day job), and while it was mentioned in his byline beneath this review, we should have made a point of additionally disclosing it in a footnote like this.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:waplkqr2wuy2c4qbge6h6ed4/bafkreibcuvk2l4qvhmrnxzd3edhu6ncq3ljzmn42hpcijr6imlkimnowle)
!["[Aftertaste is] right up there with I saw the TV Glow and Nimona."
- Pippa Primini on Goodreads, 5 Star Review
"An incredibly important piece of trans literature, one that I hope is seen by everyone..."
- Ashlynn Vanner on Goodreads, 5 Star Review
"Compelling characters, outstanding story, the occasional eerie feeling that the author had somehow managed to peer into my own past before setting word to virtual paper."
- Jaz Sakuranoseirei on Storygraph, 5 Star Review
"Not only did I end up enjoying it, it is now my absolute favorite piece of transgender fiction I've ever read."
- Shawndra Quinn on Goodreads, 5 Star Review
"I knew I was in for a treat, but I was woefully unprepared for how much Emoria sees and 'gets it' about the nature of being a trans woman and fighting the demon of our dysphoria."
- Brooke on Storygraph, 5 Star Review
"I've sought out and been recommended a lot of different portrayals of the trans experience - and while all of them contained nuggets that struck a chord with me, none of them have made me feel as seen as Aftertaste did."
- Royn Omberg on Goodreads,
5 Star Review](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzlmslagkbxpmlet5r5m25bm/bafkreibcyizlv2j3xixu6xoux3pdlfefzmjefhh3wmu35cvmqw7lzvv34e)
