• M to (WT)F

  • Twenty-Six of the Funniest Moments from My Transgender Journey
  • By: Samantha Allen
  • Narrated by: Samantha Allen
  • Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,626 ratings)

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Why did I write M to (WT)F?
"I’ve read (and written) transgender memoirs and found that there has been a dearth of really truly funny autobiographical works. This is in part because we’ve had to make sober pleas for people to take our humanity seriously, but I think we’re arriving at a point where we can afford to laugh at ourselves a little publicly, inviting others to laugh with us so long as they don’t dehumanize us. I set out to write a trans memoir that would be embarrassing, even humiliating, but hopefully amusing." – Samantha Allen, creator and performer of M to (WT)F

About the Creator and Performer

Samantha Allen is the author of Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States and Love & Estrogen. A GLAAD Award-winning journalist, Samantha’s work has been published by The New York Times, CNN, Rolling Stone, and more. Samantha has a Ph.D. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Emory University and received the Kinsey Institute’s 2013 John Money Fellowship for Scholars of Sexology. She lives in Washington State with her wife and their hairless cat Zuma.

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her past is my present

I don't know what I was expecting from this book. I thought it would be a light-hearted break from the history of world religions material I'm also reading. However, I was moved to tears several times as I listened to Samantha recount her early experiences in transition, most of which very closely parallel the events, thoughts, and feelings I'm currently experiencing in the early stages of my own transition.

There are, of course, relevant differences in how we think and feel, but it's so well written, concise, digestible—and entertaining—that I'm going to consider recommending it to my friends, family, and acquaintances, instead of subjecting them to my own long-winded abstractions on transition.

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MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD

OMG HOVERING!!!!!!


I am so grateful for this memoir. Samantha Allen tells her heartwarming, funny, and honest coming out story in a way that made me laugh so hard and feel so much.


P.S. STOP HOVERING!!!!!!

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Great true story of being male vs female

I loved this book. I loved the insight she has when finally becoming a woman. At how different women are treated in this world. How she tells how life was as a man, male privilege. and how now its scary to walk down the street as a woman. finally to hear both sides of being male vs female. So gkad she finally found happiness in her skin.

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An Audible gem!

I must admit I got this book because of the cover. It made me curious as I knew very little about the trans experience. Well as soon as I started listening It consumed me and I basically listened to the whole book in one sitting. Samantha Allen has a very unique way to tell her story of transition from male to female. She takes us through her discovery of her true self, through the doubts, the sadness, loneliness and her her new life as Samantha.
Her analogies and many of her stories are hilarious. Her transition gives her a unique perspective on the female experience as well and I felt identified with many of the things she noticed on how different women are treated.
This book is a gem! Wonderful narration and interesting insight on the trans female experience.

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Effortlessly smart and funny

When I just tried to compliment Allen for her great funny smart insightful memoir about her gender transition, Autocorrect thought I was trying to write “gender Tarantino.” That’s the only telling and funny thing Samantha didn’t mention. The rest is in here. Bravissima!

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So proud to have this woman as part of our tribe!

Thank you Samantha Allen and Audible Originals for producing this work. Samantha’s brave telling of her transition was wonderfully frank and the use of humor extremely respectful. (She talks about the difference between laughing with people vs at them. You are definitely laughing and rooting with her the entire time!)

I look forward to listening to future pieces.

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M to (WT)F good title, good story

Interesting and heartwarming. As a woman who did not have to transition but also feels “right” as a woman, I completely understand and agree with all of her talking points. I feel happy that she has come through transition so well and could tell her story with such warmth and humor.

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Loved it!

I really enjoyed hearing Samantha's story. It is so good to listen and empathize with another person story. Especially, when is so different from your own perspective. Yet, we can find similarities and understanding within our core being to be true to ourselves. Bravo! To her courage. May we all strive to have the courage to be our true selves; and to love ourselves and each other.

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Hilarious and Beautifully Human

This was a lovely listen. As a cis woman I genuinely felt a deep connection to the author. It often felt like I was chatting with a friend. Stories like hers are important and it's important for us to make an effort to listen and normalize the trans experience.

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Hilarious?!!

I don’t think I cracked a smile once. The narration was also pretty horrible. The narrator was the writer so she should have been able to tell the story and not make it sound like she was reading from the book and with no inflection and no internation throughout 90% of

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