Jess

<p>Jess used to be a man. Then he found himself in a female body. It wasn't funny. (Why would anyone even think it was?)</p><p></p><p>*</p><p></p><p>There's a scene in <em>Tootsie</em> (1982) that is surely one of the most unacclaimed scenes of all time: Dustin Hoffman's character Michael as 'Dorothy' makes a suggestion on the set and the director dismisses it out of hand. As I remember it Hoffman's face-conveying surprise confusion indignation-shows perfectly Michael's reaction to the absence of (and just maybe awareness of) the advantage/s he's been receiving just because he's male. The entire movie should've been about that. Just that. It wasn't. And so I wrote <em>Jess</em>.</p><p></p><p>*</p><p> </p><p>[<span style=color: rgba(17 17 17 1)>Jess'] perspective on being a girl and woman while having memories of being a man offers an understanding I'd never thought of. Really interesting book. poolays LibraryThing</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(17 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Very interesting book. ... Definitely worth reading. Dan Goodreads</span></p>