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1 month ago | 
adastrastories.substack.com | Casey Plett |Akwaeke Emezi |Torrey Peters |Geena Rocero
[Dear readers: This issue contains discussions of transphobia.] In her 1993 Nobel Lecture in Literature, Toni Morrison said: “Oppressive language does more than represent violence, it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge, it limits knowledge.” This quote plays on repeat in my mind (as do many of her other reflections on literature and fascism—which you can find compiled in The Source of Self-Regard), especially these days as “excused” rhetoric and behavior grow...
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Jun 30, 2024 | 
ted.com | Geena Rocero
By Geena Rocero Get a daily email featuring the latest talk, plus a quick mix of trending content. By subscribing, you understand and agree that we will store, process and manage your personal information according to our Privacy Policy
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
camillehernandez.substack.com | Geena Rocero
Hello friends,Thanks for your patience while I hibernated from the internet. I needed it. My mental health was waning. I’m happy to be back with you all to share my journey, my musings, and other things. this is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. My winter season was both restful and heartbreaking.
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Dec 31, 2023 | 
kayladouglas.substack.com | Geena Rocero |Katherine Schafler |Gillian Flynn |Kate Russell
as we look back on the year, I’ll keep this intro short and sweet. I’m using this final send in 2023 to recap my favorite reads of the year, share the IN/OUT list, and introduce you Hilary Sheinbaum, a writer who offers a load of actionable advice around sobriety. if you, too, are planning on doing Dry January, I think you’ll get a lot out of our chat below.
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
audiofilemagazine.com | Geena Rocero
by Geena Rocero |Read by Geena RoceroBiography & Memoir 11.25 hrs. Unabridged © 2023Model and activist Geena Rocero shares her story in this poignant and powerful memoir. Her narration is full of life--sometimes buoyantly joyous, sometimes breathless with tension, sometimes playful and tinged with laughter.
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Jun 16, 2023 | 
lmtonline.com | Geena Rocero |Alexis Williams
The Dial Press. 320 pp. $28 - - - Geena Rocero saw someone different when she looked in the mirror as a child. One day, when she took off an oversized T-shirt, the excess fabric draped behind her head like a flowing mane. "It is my long hair.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
provincetownmagazine.com | Geena Rocero
Review by Rebecca M. Alvin Geena Rocero may have grown up in a literal alleyway in the Philippines, but at just 40 years old now, she has already achieved so much: rising to the top of the trans pageant world in the Philippines; moving to the United States and building a successful modeling career; becoming the first Asian-American trans Playboy Playmate; and simultaneously speaking on behalf of her community at the UN.
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May 30, 2023 | 
bookshop.org | Geena Rocero
Description The heartfelt memoir of a trans pageant queen from the Philippines who went back into the closet to model in New York City--until she realized that living her truth was the only way to step into her full power.
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May 28, 2023 | 
miamiherald.com | Geena Rocero
For me, men were everything modeling couldn’t be: Casual. Carefree. Cathartic. They were fun to be around, to be under, and to be on top of. In a lot of ways, I was just like any other girl in her twenties living alone in New York City, navigating the waters of a large—but not always deep—dating pool. For me, dating was the only part of my life in which I felt something like control. All day long I waited for other people to make decisions about me.
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May 28, 2023 | 
gq.com | Geena Rocero
I needed to get out of there. It didn’t matter that our bodies were intertwined, or that seconds ago I had been floating off to sleep on an ocean of postcoital bliss. He was in the industry, and if he caught on to me, I could be outed. Word of my transness would travel from his lips to infinite ears. Suddenly wide awake, I peeled his arms off me as he started to drift off. “I have a super early call time,” I lied. He looked confused. Hadn’t we just shared something special? Couldn’t I just set an alarm?
