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The Book Club Interview: Dua Lipa Talks To Alana S Portero About Bad Habit

September 3, 2024
The Book Club Interview: Dua Lipa Talks To Alana S Portero About Bad Habit

Dua Lipa interviews Alana S Portero, author of her Monthly Read for September, Bad Habit, for the Service95 Book Club. The two discuss why this book – a vivid portrait of a young Trans girl growing up in 1980s Madrid – is more than a Trans novel, the importance of class when understanding gender issues, the importance of mentors, the manipulation of the far right on Trans issues, and why as a city, Madrid is the ultimate drag queen.

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