Through playful poetic prose, sharp social commentary and self-deprecating gallows humor the audience dives into the singular mind of Alex-Alvina, an opinionated trans woman with lofty dreams and an IQ of 169. In time, the storyline takes place in the lead up to her 30th birthday as she probes questions of eternity, society, sexuality, longing, love, and how hard it can be to remain soft when you’re a ceaseless target of straight men’s strong secret attraction and public disgust. In space, the reader follows her on a travelogue through the breathtaking wilderness of Iceland and busy city boulevards of Berlin and Paris. Love the World or Get Killed Trying unapologetically dives into the daily life of a feminine trans woman, insisting on having those specific experiences speak to the universal human experience. It's intense, funny, diary-esque, lyrical, and Lispectorian introspective; as well as daring, raw, and innovative in both content and form, telling something new in a new way - abstract in the sense of digging underneath the surface, and experimental in the sense of truly trying to search, inspect, and find.
In English
Content Note: thematization of sexual violence and queerphobic statements
