# gender:hacked gender:hacked Page: Feed: --- ## [Famesick](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/famesick) _2026-08-17 · Sarah Mittermaier_ I’ve been into the millennial crashout memoir genre this year, which is to say that I read both Lindy West’s heartrending polyamory memoir, Adult Braces (which I reviewed here), and Lena Dunham’s Famesick, an account of her cultural rise, which unfolded alongside her steep descent into chronic illness. ## [Top reads of the week](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/top-reads-of-the-week-34d) _2026-08-15 · Sarah Mittermaier_ Martiros Saryan , Scene from the Train Window, 1960 Read more ## [Ask me anything and apologies for this week](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/ask-me-anything-and-apologies-for) _2026-08-12 · Sarah Mittermaier_ Apologies for the dead zone here this week. ## [Top reads of the week](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/top-reads-of-the-week-655) _2026-08-08 · Sarah Mittermaier_ Rockwell Kent, Alaska Impression, 1919 Read more ## [It's personal: The politics of resentment in youth gender transition](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/the-politics-of-resentment-in-youth) _2026-08-05 · Sarah Mittermaier_ I’m going to do some shorter posts that are a bit more speculative in nature, taking on some dynamics I’ve observed—or think I’ve observed—and welcoming feedback. ## [Deprescribing, non-compliant patients, and ambiguous loss](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/deprescribing-non-compliant-patients) _2026-08-03 · Sarah Mittermaier_ I’ll be sharing some things I cut from my manuscript when I axed 15,000 words… this was to illustrate the point that many of gender medicine’s problems are not at all unique to the field, just taken to an extreme. ## [Top reads of the week](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/top-reads-of-the-week-b89) _2026-08-01 · Sarah Mittermaier_ North End Iona, Francis Campbell Belleau Read more ## [Up next for book club: Kathleen Stock's Do Not Go Gentle](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/up-next-for-book-club-kathleen-stocks) _2026-07-30 · Sarah Mittermaier_ In Do Not Go Gentle, acclaimed writer and philosopher Kathleen Stock tackles one of the great debates of our time: should we set up a system of assisted death? ## [Reposting last episode, now with closed-captioning](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/reposting-last-episode-now-with-closed) _2026-07-29 · Sarah Mittermaier_ Read more ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/idPhDAHxdOAg) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Medically-assisted rebirth](https://sarahmittermaier.substack.com/p/medically-assisted-rebirth) _2026-07-27 · Sarah Mittermaier_ Lisa and Sarah reconnect to talk about the Hamburg-London conference circuit, plastic surgery, and Jane Austen.