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An inspirational memoirmeetsmanifesto by Danica Roem the nations first openly trans person elected to US state legislature
Danica Roem made national headlines whenas a transgender former frontwoman for a metal band and a political newcomershe unseated Virginias most notoriously antiLGBTQ 26year incumbent Bob Marshall as state delegate But before Danica made history she had to change her vision of what was possible in her own life Doing so was a matter of storytelling during her campaign Danica hired an opposition researcher to dredge up every story from her past that her opponent might seize on to paint her negatively
In wildly entertaining prose Danica dismantles all the stories her opponents tried to hedge against her showing how through brutal honesty and loving authenticity its possible to embrace the low points and even transform them into her greatest strengths Burn the Page takes readers from Danicas lonely closeted and at times operatically tragic childhood to her position as a rising star in a party shes helped forever change Burn the Page is so much more than a stump speech its an extremely inspiring manifesto about how its possible to set fire to the stories you dont want to be in anymore whether written by you or about you by someone elseand rewrite your own future whether thats running for politics in your work or your personal life This book will not just encourage people who think they have to be spotless to run for office but inspire all of us to own our personal narratives as Danica does
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