The book is about a girl growing up in a body she doesn’t know how to inhabit, but the author denies that it’s about trans people
MADRID, May 4th. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The writer Alan goalkeeperwhich debuts in the novel genre ‘Bad habit’ (Seix Barral), in which he describes the growth of “a girl trapped in a body she doesn’t know how to inhabit‘ has confirmed that he is ‘grateful’ to the Equality Ministry for implementing the trans law.
“It’s a great standard and a big step forward. It seems to me to be a fundamental thing and I appreciate it very positively and with a lot of love.” has promised at the press conference to present his new book, which will be released this Wednesday, April 3.
Alana Portero has confirmed that she lives with “concerns” about the “transphobic” messages being installed in Spain from the United States, even though “everyday life in Spain is not as complicated or as terrible as it is there”.
“It’s a worse environment than it was a few years ago, because in the end it’s the self-fulfilling prophecy. Buying these ideological frames crowds out all the others, which is the big problem. It’s not about whether or not you have to tolerate the tranny, it’s that they infuse you with a thousand other things with these messages‘ he complained.
At this point, he has stressed that it is not “just about transgender people” and warns that Spain “has achieved the threat of restricting some women’s freedoms” and has insisted on US influence in the West.
“It’s not about trans. We are very few people and we have no power to change a big thing. But in the United States, marking what is happening in the West, there are changes in the law that date back to the 19th century, and in Spain it is first the threat and then they are given the space to comply,” warned he.
‘BAD HABIT’
The author has pointed out that her new book is not about trans people, although the plot focuses on the growth of a “girl in a body that she does not know how to inhabit”, as the editor points out, but its author He has assured that it is about “how someone develops a life and how an imagination develops”.
“It’s an aspiration of many women I’ve met in my life and an aspiration of my imaginary childhood. I became a reader and writer of books on mythology and stories,” she explained.
As part of the search for identity, Portero has admitted that an important part of the book focuses on masculinity because “masculinity is not developed, it is taught,” which she dismissed.
“It seemed important to me to tell it from my point of view because I had known and rejected this instruction. This classic masculinity is a very sad thing and limits a lot,” he said.
In that sense, that was highlighted Men ‘are the first victims of their own masculinity’ and has asserted that masculinity “subdues his acolytes”. “Men are afraid of going soft and I wanted to speak about the tightness they suffer and which has been the main source of a lot of my sadness and a lot of other people I’ve met,” explained Alana Portero.
Another important aspect highlighted by the author of her book is that it is a “Love Letter” to the City of Madridsince different points of the capital are covered.
According to Seix Barral, the book became the main attraction of the Frankfurt fair and attracted the interest of ten international publishers, who ensured its publication abroad. “What matters now is that the book is read and defended. The international interest is an absolute privilege‘ he condemned.
Alana Portero emphasized why, in her opinion, her book triggered so much enthusiasm at the Frankfurt trade fair that it is a story “that affects the whole world”. “It’s the story of a person who is born under certain circumstances, things happen, he introduces himself to others and ends up becoming a more or less full adult. And I think that’s happened to everyone,” he concluded.
