In an online magazine, published by a Slate assistant producer for podcasts named Madeline Ducharme, she interviewed Meredith Talusan about her book “Fairest.” Tausan speaks out that being known as this ‘freak’ as a kid for not looking Filipino, has been an advantage to her but has also damaged her. Since she was judged by the way she looked, it gave her courage to embrace herself and accept who she really was to show everyone she didn’t care, though it was a painful journey at the same time. As she mentions, in her memoir she felt pressure by thinking that she needed her book to be trans-related because that’s what people were more interested in. However, she ended up not falling for it and wrote about most of the transitions she went through in her life, not just about becoming trans. For example, her transition from being a rural to an urban person, or from being poor to being in a relationship with someone rich.This interview really opened my eyes further about Talusan’s book because it talks about her experience in general and the different struggles she went through. Using the CRAAP test, I was able to find this source reliable since it was posted a year ago, and the information said in this magazine was edited in order for readers to truly understand Talusan’s responses.

Ducharme, M. (2020, May 26). Do queer memoirs have to be political? Slate Magazine. Retrieved September 13, 2021, from https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/05/meredith-talusan-fairest-memoir-interview.html.