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The content on The Transfeminine Review will continue to be free without paywalls. That means our core content – critical essays, community documentation, historical research, and so much more – will always be accessible to everyone, no matter their means.
So – what’s on our Patreon?
Tier One – Just the Reviews ($4)
On Bethany’s Masterlist, I’ve written a one-sentence review of every transfeminine book I’ve ever read. Starting in February of 2025, though, I’ll be writing in addition a longer review for every book that goes on my spreadsheet (~300-1000 words) too! I tend to read more than 100 books a year, so you’ll be receiving a steady stream of content throughout the year.
My reading habits can be somewhat erratic – there’ll be weeks where I don’t read at all, and then weeks where I’ll plow through eight or nine books and review all of them. The spontaneity is part of the package deal lol – I am who I am as a reader, and my opinions and habits will remain my own.
Tier Two – Patron ($8)
In the nearish future, I’m planning on publishing a more formal “journal” edition of TFR that collects our most important articles and binds them in an accessible EPUB format for posterity. If you subscribe at this tier, you’ll receive a complementary copy of any such edition as soon as it’s done!
Tier Three – Sponsor ($15 OR $25)
If you subscribe at this time, your name of choice will be listed on our Sponsors page, which will be linked at the end of every article :)))
Real talk though – I’ve designed this Patreon in the way least likely to burn me out, which means creating as little Patreon-exclusive or time-sensitive content as usual. If you subscribe to my Patreon, the main thing you’re doing is compensating me for the enormous amount of labor I put into this website and community, and enabling me to keep doing this absolutely critical work in the future. It can be so challenging as an independent creator to achieve financial stability (or even minimum wage) – my work reaches a ton of people every day and largely supports other independent creators, so your generous support means the world to me, because it’s what allows me to support others.
If you’re sponsoring this blog, you have my utmost appreciation.
Tier Four – Donor ($50 OR $100 OR $250)
Help me pay my rent 🥺👉👈
If you’re supporting me financial on this level, the least I can do is read your favorite book. At the Donor and Gold Donor levels, you can request a book two times per year for me to review, and I will review it by the end of the period (Jan-June, July-Dec). At the Platinum Donor level, you can do so once per quarter. YOU MAY NOT REQUEST YOUR OWN BOOK. This is not a pay-for-review service for publishers or authors who can afford it – this is a treat for my most generous and supportive readers to have a little say in my creative process.
If a book would cost me more than $30, I will only read it if I can either secure a review copy or if you send me a copy by email or post.
Would I make good money off of a pay-for-review service? Yeah, probably. But at the end of the day, it just doesn’t sit right with me. If you’re an author and publisher who wants me to review your book, you’re free to send me an ARC – but I will read books when the spirit moves me, not because someone with a financial stake paid me to advertise for them by reviewing it. Reading whatever I want, whenever I want is the joy of it, and I won’t surrender that freedom to make a quick buck.
Why Join a Higher Tier?
It’s true – 90% of the content you’ll be getting through this Patreon is at the $4 tier. But your generous support at a higher tier will enable me to pursue some of my more ambitious website goals that I’m looking for in the long run.
Life is more expensive now than ever, and I’m a city girl – I can’t drive, I would not last very long in the countryside. So obviously my current goal is to break even on my monthly costs so that I can do this work full-time without living in constant stress.
I do have other goals, though, that are much less focused on my immediate survival.
Guest contributors and freelance writers both work really hard, and I want to be able to pay them a fair wage if they decide to publish on The Transfeminine Review. Many small publications can only pay a pittance, if anything, and I want to be able to pay my contributors a competitive wage for a publication that has a formal staff of one. My current target goal? $100 per article.
In order to sustainably pay for one freelance article a month, I need to have at least $100 dollars in profit over my basic monthly costs – which, living in major metropolitan centers in North America (for the forseeable future) means that the blog altogether probably needs to be bringing in around ~$2,500 a month to cover my rent, food, and utilities, tax, and other basics, plus the website costs, my book budget, etc. While Patreon won’t be the only source of revenue for the website, it’ll be one of the most reliable ones – having a steady stream of monthly income gives me an enormous amount of options for bridging the gap, and if you know me, you know I’m a hustler lol. I’ll work my ass off to make ends meet – but I can’t make rent out of thin air, either.
If we manage to reach a monthly revenue of ~$4,000, I should be able to start thinking about hiring a part-time assistant who can ease a lot of the logistical and busywork burdens that I’ve been slogging through on my own. That’s writing alt-text, replying to emails and dms, helping me manage my ADHD brain’s scattershot functional memory, updating the New & Upcoming page, etc. Beyond that… Sky’s the limit.
I’ve been working 80 hours a week getting this website to its current state, proper startup hours. That’s been an enormous success, but if this project is gonna be sustainable for years and decades to come, I’m gonna have to slow my pace down, and I can’t do that unless I have a secure, reliable source of income. This work is my passion – the only times I’ve felt burnt out over the last few months have been when my second job has been weighing my life down.
Help me make that vision of TFR a reality. Help me gain the means to support other trans women. Help me keep doing what I’m best at – reading books, writing theory, and upholding my community in any way I can.
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If you have a particular book you’d like to see me read, feel free to help me acquire books! You can either send me physical books in the mail, or email me non-pirated e-books that you have the rights/permission to share or gift me at the addresses below. Remember that I’m looking for any book written by someone who personally identifies as either a trans woman, a transfeminine person, or something else under the general umbrella. We’re looking for transfeminine authorship, not subject matter. There’s no reason to ever guess whether I own/have read a book or not – you can see the complete list of every transfeminine book I’ve ever read right here. Disclaimer: sending me books is no guarantee that I will read them, like them, or review them. All materials I write for this blog are my personal opinions alone, and I reserve the right to make my own judgments about any book I read or receive. Note: If you are the author of the book you are sending me, you must clearly denote that on or in the package/email. Signed copies are welcome.
Underground authors – I want to find your work! Please don’t hesitate to email me if you’re an up-and-coming transfeminine author with published fiction (self or trad, either way; no internet fiction or fanfiction, e-books or pdfs are fine) and don’t see your name anywhere on my spreadsheet ❤
Stay tuned for more in the near future!
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