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T.F. Emily 🏳️‍⚧️ @tfemily.com · 02/07/2026

Since this post last night, 10 artists have reached out to me via Bluesky/Discord/Kofi. For those who reached out, please be patient as I attempt to respond to everyone!

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 02/07/2026

"What is a trans-forward indie press?" turns out being a much more fraught question than expected lol. I've narrowed the scope because I've realized a broader scope would require writing about like 25 outlets.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 02/07/2026

I've started working on the indie press article, and have immediately realized that it's more involved than I remember from last time. My 2024 aim was to give a historical overview, which turns out to be significantly easier than a contemporary overview.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 02/07/2026

Oop fair enough. It wasn't very useful though. Whoever renovated the page gave it a massive upgrade.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 02/07/2026

There is, TFR is also in the reference section at the end of the article.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 02/07/2026

Gotta say that if I'm gonna be on Wikipedia for anything, this is an inclusion I'll happily wear with pride.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 02/07/2026

Oh hey I'm on Wikipedia lol. That's cool. I'm not sure when Wikipedia got a page on trans literature, but I'm pretty sure it didn't exist two years ago. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transge...

Still, intersectional trans literature is a slow-growing genre.[31][12] Scholar Bethany Karsten found very few Black transfeminine novelists upon a survey of the field in 2024. Novels published in the 2020s included Shola von Reinhold's LOTE, Alexandrine Ogundimu's The Longest Summer, Kuchenga Shenjé's The Library Thief, and Denne Michele Norris's When the Harvest Comes.[31] Kuchenga Shenjé praised the nuanced intersectional transmasculine narrative within the 2020 novel The Vanishing Half, by cisgender author Brit Bennett.[12]

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fangy @jeannesfangs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now @benjanun.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New! Fiction releases by transfeminine authors from May - July 2026. Of note: quite a few trans women of color, both self- and trade-published (though, as you might expect, primarily self-published). #transfembookreleases

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BOOM goes the Bride by Valiant Evermech. Cyberpunk/fantasy. A pulpy lesbian romance between an elven thief from another world and a…

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Sophia Turner (Mara out now!) 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophiajt.com · 01/07/2026

It's been hard to keep quiet about this. @cloverpatchmouse.bsky.social is an amazing artist, and we were fortunate to be able to work with her on a comic to tell part of the story for my upcoming novel, Mara. The art is *gorgeous*. And it's free!

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

It could make a solid subreddit. r/changemycover.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

There is not but creating a platform to connect former AI users with real book cover artists would be a very cool project, if someone wanted to make it. @bookspotlight.bsky.social I feel like you'd appreciate this conversation.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

We should be encouraging and educating about the damage AI does within the publishing industry. Any time a writer makes the decision to change their business practices is a win in my book.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

I have been quietly lobbying the trans Kindle Unlimited circuit to stop using AI covers. I would absolutely love it if more people joined me on the bandwagon. Pressure works.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

Excellent! Artist friends, if you're interested in helping out the author of a fun trans mystery/fantasy novel who's looking to ditch the AI plague, now's a great time to reach out ⬇️⬇️ I want to emphasize - AI covers do not need to be a permanent stain. I am 100% in support of ditching them.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

Especially since the second novel in the series is being serialized. I assume there are new eyeballs on the project.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

That sucks, I'm sorry to hear about it. That said, I'm only posting cause I genuinely liked the book and can't review it at the present moment. I'll probably still write the review if the cover changes, and then Emily would get the positive publicity of changing an AI cover. It's an invitation.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

I mean it's not really about intention. I'm more than open to re-evaluating if the cover is changed. But if I see an AI cover, I'm gonna call it like I see it.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

In defense of schlock, I quite like reading bad art. It's the substratum of creativity. And a lot of the authors aren't trying to be professionals, just to express themselves, and I'll always support that. What I hate about AI authors is the cynicism of ruining the artform to make a cheap buck.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

I would not conflate volume of schlock with overall % of schlock authors. I also think that it takes a certain willingness to wade through the shit to find the hidden gems on the selfpub market.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

For what it's worth, I think the 80/20 rule goes both ways here. Yes, 80% of the bulk is crap. But I also think it's true that only 20% of the authors are producing 80% of the schlock. Producing good art takes time, and inevitably those books will get drowned out.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 30/06/2026

Aside from being a quiet image rehabilitation project in the wake of a 2025 scandal for dating a MAGA cop, I found Laverne Cox's Pride Month memoir uninspired and bland, albeit heartwrenching at times. I bought this in an airport, and that's about what you should expect.

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The Ghost Of Titsmas Future @antinoe.prettyfem.me · 01/07/2026

was it difficult and time consuming to make this? yes is it good? meh but at least it's honest, fuck ai (read my short story www.scribblehub.com/read/1701915...)

the cover for my short story "Regarding the angels who remained in heaven"

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 01/07/2026

1000% I can promise that we will appreciate something very simple, nondescript... heck, you could do a solid color combo that goes with your genre and is literally just SOLID COLOR, and it would be better than the genAI cover slop.

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Saoirse “Ghost of a Victorian Child” Stone 🏳️‍⚧️ @saoirsestone.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I chose to have a totally non-descript cover rather than one created from the theft of other people’s work. It’s probably costing me sales, but principles don’t just matter when it’s convenient. Plus, if you’re willing to use AI for a cover, how can a reader know you won’t use it in your writing.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

Anyway let this serve as a PSA that using AI art is a great way to deny your book acclaim and critical exposure for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Cause I'm not reviewing this shit.

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Woltergeist 2: The Other Side-Eye @wolter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I honestly would rather a plain text cover than ai

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

Like I already read the novel on Scribblehub, you got me at the finish line 😭 my ADHD was working in your favor 😭😭

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

I was going to write a nice review of Cate Fox and then I saw this:

An AI cover for Cate Fox and the Case of the Fading Magic that looks like an cheap knockoff of a Hogwarts Legacy promo

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 01/07/2026

I genuinely do not understand why self-published authors of interesting novels feel the need to steal defeat from the jaws of victory by using AI covers. Like know your audience fam, c'mon.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 30/06/2026

Apologies for the quiet week from me, I was home for the anniversary of my mom's death and then grief came in with the steel chair.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15/06/2026

Chat I've read a lot of grim trans memoirs. This one's up there so far.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15/06/2026

I was a debate kid and I had competed in the Expository category at Speech events, which require you to give speeches on current events topics on five minutes impromptu prep. So I had a lot of magazine and newspaper subscriptions. I also got the Economist and both the Post and the Times.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15/06/2026

This and the book about @nicoleamaines.bsky.social were the two big things that helped me stop questioning and come out as trans.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15/06/2026

I know everyone talks about and remembers the Tipping Point cover story, but the Time Magazine issue that defined my childhood was their 2017 "Beyond He or She" cover story. That was the one that made me look and think, oh, that's me.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15/06/2026

Tyty it's just a cold, but being stuffed up makes it hard to focus on writing.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15/06/2026

In fairness to me, I was eleven years old when it started airing. I have vivid memories of my parents watching (they loved it), but the only TV I watched back then was Disney Channel and American Idol. I'm not a big TV person but I can try to get to it.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15/06/2026

I have not watched any of her big projects (Orange is the New Black, her talk show, etc) so I have no strong opinions going into this.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15/06/2026

Asking the question 'will a nude photoshoot sell a trans memoir to Hudson News customers' It's a bold strategy Cotton.

Laverne Cox with hair over her boobs and hands over her crotch, greyscaled to the same color as the background

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15/06/2026

Feeling sick, time for some low brainpower reading with @lavernecox.bsky.social's new memoir. I found this in the airport lmao, it's giving Beyonce.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 12/06/2026

Alright I've done my due diligence, and my current count for the Q1-Q2 publishing period is 57 titles. I know it's an undercount! If you're a transfeminine author who's published a book between January 1st and June 30th in ANY GENRE, and your book isn't on this list, please let me know!!!! ⬇️

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AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS: If you would like to have your book listed on the page, you should send the following information to info@thetransfemininereview.com for us to add it to the page: Author Nam…

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Cybernetic Coven @cyberneticcoven.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Wintry Squama is done and coming later this year. As work on the final draft continues, Lhuzie is sharing a sneak peek with the first 100 pages of the second book of her epic mythological saga, introducing the new protagonists. www.patreon.com/CyberneticCo...

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Rewrites of the final draft of the sequel to Autumnal Conductor are ongoing! I cannot say how wonderful it is to re-read this book. I am rea

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now @benjanun.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

There are, AFAIK, much fewer trade pub releases by transfem authors this year than in the previous. Judging by deal announcements this year, 2027 is going to be even worse than 2026, which is worse than 2025. All the more important to support selfpub transfem authors tbqh.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 12/06/2026

One of my critiques of this book is that it could use more trans-atlantic perspective - but it's hard to fit that into a 300 page mass-market paperback. I understand why it's not here. What's really missing is a big 500-1000 page tome on the global topic. But that may take decades.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 12/06/2026

There are smaller histories, but not a survey like this. It's possible that something is out there, but to the best of my knowledge I'm not aware of it.

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