Chabóchi Doll Kimm Topping and "a moving chronicle" (The

and "a moving chronicle" (The Nation)

Stewart Foster

she doubles--and triples--down on posing as her brother

Featuring details from the author's conversations with Kate and other luminaries--as well as vignettes of key songs

their romance is supposed to be just pretend

Chabóchi Doll Kimm Topping and "a moving chronicle" (TheCHABCHI DOLL is the trans homegirl that keeps it real and doesn't fear cracking citizenship by the neck. Part auto fiction, part manifesto, fi ik shumar's CHABCHI DOLL snaps the present moment in America tainted by the persecution of undocumented and native bodies, extensive trans legislation seeking to seize the livelihood of trans people, all while negotiating the radicalness of her joy and two spirited embodiment, when confronted with a brain tumor