DILF

“A sharp, funny and fearless exploration of what it means to be a man who never stopped being a feminist.” — Ms. Magazine

“. . . [a] formidable polemic. . . an evocative demonstration of how stereotypes about gender and battles for bodily autonomy affect trans and cis people in overlapping ways. Doyle concludes with a call for burying the hatchet—if all feminists acted as “one cohesive constituency, we could have what it takes” to overthrow patriarchy’s violent enforcement of expectations around gender, he writes. The result is a heartening call for feminist solidarity.” — Publishers Weekly

“Pulling from feminist history, including profiles of influential thinkers and activists, Doyle paints a dark picture of the gender and racial dynamics at work to keep white men in power, calling for a safer world for trans children, for feminism that accounts for transmasculine people, and for seeing trans people not as threats to systems based on exclusion but as examples of what’s possible with the will to change.” — Booklist

“With insight and cleverness in equal measure, Jude brings an essential perspective to urgent questions about our politics, our culture, and our relationships with one another.” — Gillian Branstetter, Communications Strategist at the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project and LGBTQ & HIV Project

“I found it a humane, accessible and (from a transmasc feminist perspective) deeply relatable read. I think it’s a must-read for any trans person grappling with their relationship to feminism, and an essential building block in our liberated transfeminist future.” — Kit Heyam, author of Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

“With DILF, Jude Doyle has written an approachable, thorough primer on the tensions many trans mascs face in feminism today. For anyone who has ever wondered if feminism has a place for you, this book will speak to you.” — Devon Price, author of Unmasking Autism and Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power

“The recent resurgence of anti-trans feminism has driven unnecessary wedges between cis women and trans people, and between transmasculine and transfeminine people. Jude Doyle draws from past and present trans and feminist perspectives to make a compelling case that all of our fates are intertwined, and that feminism is the movement that can and should unite us. A thoughtful and passionate book that speaks directly to our current moment.” — Julia Serano, author of Whipping Girl

“DILF thoroughly pulled apart several built-in assumptions I knew I had about the world, several I didn’t know I had about the world, and still more I didn’t even begin to imagine I had about our ever fractious society. Jude Doyle is an incredibly incisive writer who is also quite funny, which is a rare combination.” — Emily St. James, author of Woodworking