The Last Time I Wore a Dress
At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of "Gender Identity Disorder." She spent three years--and over a million dollars of insurance--"treating" the problem...with makeup lessons and instructions in how to walk like a girl. ...
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At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of "Gender Identity Disorder." She spent three years--and over a million dollars of insurance--"treating" the problem...with makeup lessons and instructions in how to walk like a girl. Daphne's story--which is, sadly, not that unusual--has already received attention from such shows as "20/20," "Dateline," "Today," and "Leeza." But her memoir, bound to become a classic, tells the story in a funny, ironic, unforgettable voice that "isn't all grim; Scholinski tells her story in beautifully evocative prose and mines her experiences for every last drop of ironic humor, determined to have the last laugh." (Time Out New York)
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781573226967 (1573226963)
Publish date: October 1st 1998
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Health,
Biography Memoir,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Glbt,
Queer,
Gender
It's hard to know how to review this memoir. When it first came out, I remember deciding not to buy it after reading a shelf tag at a feminist bookstore. That tag said that there was contention between staff members because some of them apparently knew the author and believed that she was representi...