The Appendix is a short series of interconnected personal essays that meditate on transphobia and how trans people (with a specific focus on transmasculine individuals) can find joy despite the hatred against us in the media and in society at large. I will admit, I was hoping for more time spent on the joy aspect than the transphobia aspect, which is not what The Appendix provides. But it does provide important context - the awful state of transphobia in the UK today - and it creates pearls of self-loving out of an experience that is historically seen as self-loathing. All in all, a deeply relevant and necessary book, even if it wasn't exactly what I had hoped for.