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Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws |  | Author: Kate Bornstein
Creator: Sara Quin
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Media: Paperback
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1583227202
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85844505
EAN: 9781583227206
ASIN: 1583227202
Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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Product Description
Celebrated transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein has, with more humor and spunk than any other, ushered us into a world of limitless possibility through a daring re-envisionment of the gender system as we know it. Here, Kate bravely and wittily shares personal and unorthodox methods of survival for navigating an often cruel world. A one-of-a-kind guide to staying alive outside the box, Hello, Cruel World is a much-needed unconventional approach to teenage suicide prevention for marginalized youth who want to stay on the edge, but alive. Hello, Cruel World features a catalog of 101 Alternatives to Suicide that range from the playful (Moisturize), to the irreverent (Disbelieve the Binary), to the highly controversial (Get Laid. Please). Designed to encourage readers to give themselves permission to unleash their hearts’ harmless desires, the book has only one directive: "Don’t be mean." It is this guiding principle that brings its reader on a self-validating journey, which forges wholly new paths toward a resounding decision to choose life. Tenderly intimate and unapologetically edgy, Kate is the radical role model, the affectionate best friend, and the guiding mentor all in one kind and spirited package. A celebrated pioneer for the LGBTQI community, transsexual author and performance artist, Kate Bornstein is the author of the wildly successful books My Gender Workbook and Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and The Rest of Us.
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 A new Classic. June 10, 2010
A. Lamb (New York. NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What do depressed people need more than anything???
To laugh?=!
This book has that covered. Humor. Dark or not who cares. This is a Fun book! Read it and feel included. Anyone here who is in some way upset by the ideas in the book...probably has never considered suicide in a serious way. For anyone suicidal, Kates "anything is better than suicide" philosophy is optimistic. Should she pretend that these "OTHER" not preferable options don't exist for your sake??? I think not. This book is for, as the title says, Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws.
"other" outlaws could be you. Could HAVE been you.
I was suicidal in the past, not when I read this book. This book still spoke to me as a real authentic labor of love. DR PHIL would never be as honest and personal as Kate is. Dr Phil would never put himself at ground level.
Kate is a real Role model. What role is she? That's the beauty of it, Just a human. A role of a true human.
This book is the REAL stuff. I want to buy some extra copies to hand out to freaks and young folk that need it. I'm sad that my mom is a health teacher and she wouldn't be allowed to read this book in class. I wish people could accept this type of open dialogue.
BUY THIS BOOK.
The exercises are really fun. If you're not suicidal you should keep this book and read it on rainy days to think of things you need to do, like sell your art! Or fall in love!!
I'm a freak for LIFE friends.
 101 Alternatives May 18, 2010
DarkHeart (Tacoma, WA USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It was an okay read, but isn't anything I haven't thought or heard of before so it didn't help me as much as I thought it would. Still, it's nice to know that the author is thinking of creative outlets for suicidal/freaky people.
Much love, respect and experience went into this September 22, 2009
december75
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just got this yesterday and am so impressed with it. This is not just rehashed or safe, "approved" information here (although she does cover those options), but she obviously really worked to create something that might save somebody's life at almost whatever cost, except for doing anything that would hurt someone.
The 101 Alternatives are awesome and this is really a book you can USE, again and again. It also inspired me to want to write something that could help other people someday. It gave me some hope that I might actually be able to live a decent life. Again, totally impressed with how much is packed into this book, I plan on carrying it around with me for awhile.
Saved my life a few times. May 16, 2009
Travis Aschemeyer (CA, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was given this book by a school counselor on our final session. I had just graduated and my school health insurance was ending, but I was still depressed and suicidal. This book ended up being a 'portable counselor' - and actually helped me more than counseling sessions did.
The book is written as though she's talking to you. Reading through this book is like talking to an **experienced** friend who has all sorts of suggestions. With each suicide alternative she usually also refers to other books/media to check out if you're interested.
I've read the first part of the book 3 times since it was given to me less than a year ago. Yet, I still haven't entirely read through all the alternatives - I typically find something that I can work on that helps me feel better. Hello Cruel World *always* helps if I can remember to reach for it, but sometimes I just can't even make it to my bookshelf. This book is especially helpful if you're dealing with LGBT and gender issues.
The best part about Hello Cruel World is that it's easy to read when you're depressed. Nothing is easy to read when you're depressed, right? It was written intimately and warm and each of the alternatives is written with a brevity that makes it bearable. Her cheesy humor somehow works when you're wanting to kill yourself. Just flip to something that sounds interesting and it's hardly a chore to read it.
I let a friend borrow the book a couple weeks ago but this is one of those books that I need to keep track of because I never know when I'll need it again. I'm actually here to purchase a copy for that friend because I really need mine again. =P
BTW: Just a tip - If you're transgender MtF I recommend Julia Serano's "Whipping Girl" before reading Kate's "Gender Outlaw" or any other trans specific books.
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