Tag: true stories

• The Danish Girl

  Eddie Redmayne is wonderful in this film. Incredibly well cast, he does a fantastic job portraying Lili Elbe, one of the first people to undergo gender reassignment surgery in the 1920s. I believed him as Einar (the male body in which Lili was born), and, even more so, I believed him as Lili. And I believed him…

  Being Tori

  08.30.16

  Movies, One-Liners

  Alicia Vikander, based on the book, docudrama, drama, Eddie Redmayne, Matthias Schoenaerts, TAKE IT!, The Danish Girl, transgender, true stories

• Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs

  It’s been a while since I’ve delved into the insanely entertaining (and entertainingly insane) world of Augusten Burroughs and I am very glad to have revisited it. While his captivating memoirs each focus on certain eras in his life (Running with Scissors on his relationship with his mother and his time spent living with her…

  Being Tori

  05.17.16

  Book Challenge 2016, Books, One-Liners

  Augusten Burroughs, Book Challenge, creative fiction, haha funny, Magical Thinking, memoir, short stories, TAKE IT!, true stories

• Stolen review: It’s Only the Himalayas

  I told my friend Michelle (hi, Michelle!) that she had to read S. Bedford‘s It’s Only the Himalayas: And Other Tales of Miscalculation from an Overconfident Backpacker. I badgered her about it for months leading up to its release. Really talked it up. She’s a busy mom of two tiny wee people, so she’s lucky if she has time…

  Being Tori

  05.10.16

  Books, I stole this

  backpacker, Brindle & Glass, haha funny, It’s Only the Himalayas, memoir, Real Review, S. Bedford, TAKE IT!, travel, travelogue, true stories, work