The Dad Rock That Made Me a WomanA memoir in essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us. When Wilcos 2007 album Sky Blue Sky was infamously criticized as dad rock, Niko Stratis was a twenty five year old closeted trans woman working in her dads glass shop in the Yukon Territory. As she sought escape from her hypermasculine environment, Stratis found an unlikely lifeline amid dad rocks emotionally open and honest music. Listening to dad rock, Stratis could access

and discover why so many 'bad' characters are queer-coded

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593718445

they form the basis for a new innovative and critical approach

spliced with a dazzle of pop-culture (Kirkus)

the magical Kingdom of Avalon was left to wither and die after the Snow Queen encased it in ice

and captivating look at the triumphs and losses of a life lived in two genders

and persona

In New York City

MAGATEEN IS A MIX OF HANDSOME UNKNOWNS: MOSTLY MODELS

attention from the world media could not be avoided

including Sigourney Weaver in 2018 or Adwoa Aboah in 2019

Publisher ‏ : ‎ TASCHEN