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Femme in Public

By: Alok Vaid-Menon
Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon
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What feminine part of yourself did you have to destroy in order to survive in this world? At what point does femininity become synonymous with apology? Who hurt the people who hurt you? Alok challenges themself and us to figure it out in this immersive new performance utilizing the latest spatial audio technology, enhancing their words with sound art.

Femme in Public (2017) is the debut poetry collection by transfeminine writer Alok Vaid-Menon including work from 2014-2017. It is a meditation on anti-trans harassment, a ceremony for loss and grief, and an imagining of what could be if we weren’t taught to fear the very things that have the potential to set us free.

©2021 ALOK (P)2023 Audible, Inc.
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About the Creator and Performer

ALOK (they/them) is an internationally acclaimed author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. As a mixed-media artist, their work explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition. They are the author of Femme in Public (2017), Beyond the Gender Binary (2020), and Your Wound/My Garden (2021), and the creator of #DeGenderFashion, an initiative to de-gender fashion and beauty industries. In recognition of their work, they have been honored as the inaugural LGBTQ Scholar in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania and awarded a GLAAD Media Award and Stonewall Foundation Visionary Award. Over the past decade, they have toured in more than 40 countries, most recently selling out their runs at the Soho Theatre in London, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Kennedy Performing Arts Center, and the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. Their show has been described as "provocative and powerful" ( Chortle), a "potent combination of comedy and poetry" ( The Scotsman), and a "jaw-dropping celestial event" ( To Do List London). On-screen, they will make their feature film debut in Absolute Dominion opposite Patton Oswalt and can currently be seen in Emmie Lichtenberg’s film Complicated Order opposite Midori Francis, which premiered at OutFest Film Festival in July 2023. On television, they can next be seen in season 3 of the critically acclaimed MAX series Sort Of opposite Bilal Baig. They have also appeared on Hulu’s Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne, ABC’s PRIDE: To Be Seen – A Soul of a Nation, Netflix’s Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness and The Trans List.

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Personal Honesty & Universal Truth

I love Alok’s poetry. Their experience is personal, but the lessons are universal. The performance of this poetry adds to my understanding.

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Raw, ethereal, brutal.

This collection of prose and poetry by arguably the most important voice of a generation will resonate with the trans community but also its allies AND critics alike. Learn something today for f’s sake. A heart as big as Texas with an intuitive wisdom cast in the stars. Get into it. Alok2024

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Gorgeous, painful, healing love

There are not enough snaps or laughs or "oof"s to accurately describe how much I love this book of poetry. Everytime I listen, something new strikes my heart.

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beautiful

the sadness of the weight of having to be so inspirational. if only we all could carry that weight for each other.

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Deeply moving, eloquently written and beautifully performed

Alok brings the light that Rumi spoke of, the kind that bursts through the deepest cracks of pain, into our awareness. Thank you for all you do Alok.

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Brilliant Story Teller

It is entertaining and deep. At the same time I get a glimpse of a different world that makes me understand a little bit more. That gives me hope.

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