Mega Milk

On Family, Fluidity, Whiteness, and Cows

Author: Megan Milks

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A sparkling, funny, and often wrenching portrait-in-essays on the dairy industry, queer intimacy, whiteness, animal liberation, and being a trans person with a complicated family.

For decades, Megan Milks and their suburban Virginia family have dealt with the fallout of having a last name that's also the classic white American beverage. Now, Milks takes on their namesake subject in all its dimensions, turning their eye on their family, themself, and every aspect of milk. The resulting portrait-in-essays connects the dots between animal liberation, the history of farm labor, being queer and lonely, climate change, the bull semen aftermarket, the roots of American racism, and the best practices for giving and receiving a hug. Here, with Mega Milk, Megan Milks confirms their place as one of our most exciting queer thinkers and writers.

About the Author

Megan Milks is the author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body, finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Fiction; Slug and Other Stories; and Tori Amos Bootleg Webring. They coedited We Are the Baby-Sitters Club with Marisa Crawford and have published criticism in 4Columns, the New York Times, and Bookforum. They live in Brooklyn.