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* MagicalRealism: The book could be a normal biography of a travesti prostitute. Instead, it features a werewolf, someone slowly turning into a bird, headless men (who still have looks, mind you) and other strange happenings.
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* HeadlessBody: The Headless Men are this, who lost their heads (literally) while fighting wars in African countries. Somehow, they still have looks, can speak and eat.
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* LosingYourHead: The Headless Men are this, who lost their heads (i.e. their minds, but also literally) while fighting wars in African countries. Somehow, they still have looks, can speak and eat.
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* HeadlessBody: The Headless Men are this, who lost their heads (literally) while fighting wars in African countries. Somehow, they still have looks, can speak and eat.
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* [[HomophobicHateCrime Transphobic Hate Crime]]: Camila almost got killed by two clients.
** A group of soon-university students humiliates and throws beer on travestis ForTheEvulz.
** Auntie Encarna's home gets vandalized by neighbors because she adopted the Bright.
** It's mentioned that numerous travestis are getting murdered.
** A group of soon-university students humiliates and throws beer on travestis ForTheEvulz.
** Auntie Encarna's home gets vandalized by neighbors because she adopted the Bright.
** It's mentioned that numerous travestis are getting murdered.
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* TheAlcoholic: Camila's father, who usually arrived home drunk and once feel in the gutter and needed his wife and "son" to come help him.
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* WantedAGenderConformingChild: Camila's parents, specially her dad. Her dad used to compare her to her (male) cousins. It's actually said they felt ashamed about her as a kid.
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** Subverted by Camila herself, who comments on how being a prostitute is wearing her out and ruining her body. She even starts losing hair due to stress.
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* AgeInappropriateDress: The Ravens dress in their mothers' clothes, which make them look like "rich old women who go out together because they're lonely".
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* LivingADoubleLife: Camila isn't out to her parents nor her university colleagues.
** Some of the travestis do this, like Nadina, who is a (male) nurse by day.
** Some of the travestis do this, like Nadina, who is a (male) nurse by day.
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Las Malas (Bad Girls, in English) is a 2019 book by Argentine writer Camila Sosa Villada. It's often classified as a semi-autobiographical MagicalRealism book, being about the author's experience as a travesti prostitute in 2000s Argentina, snippets from her early life, plus her encounters with a group of travestis led by Aunt Encarna in the Sarmiento Park.
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Las Malas malas (Bad Girls, in English) is a 2019 book by Argentine writer Camila Sosa Villada. It's often classified as a semi-autobiographical MagicalRealism book, being about the author's experience as a travesti prostitute in 2000s Argentina, snippets from her early life, plus her encounters with a group of travestis led by Aunt Encarna in the Sarmiento Park.
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* UntoUsABoyAndAGirlAreBorn: Laura gives birth to twins, and they are this trope.
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* UntoUsABoyAndAGirlAreBorn: UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: Laura gives birth to twins, and they are this trope.
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** Pato is a travesti and limps.
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** Pato is a travesti and limps.has a limp.
* UntoUsABoyAndAGirlAreBorn: Laura gives birth to twins, and they are this trope.
* UntoUsABoyAndAGirlAreBorn: Laura gives birth to twins, and they are this trope.
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* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Angie, the most beautiful travesti at the Park. Fittingly, she dates the world's most beautiful man.
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* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Angie, the most beautiful travesti at the Park. Fittingly, she dates the world's most beautiful man.man.
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''Being a travesti is a party!''
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''Being a travesti is a party!''
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Natalí is the seventh "son" of her family, thus has to become a werehooker once a month. This takes a great toll on her body.
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* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Angie, the most beautiful travesti at the Park.
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** Pato is a travesti and limps.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Angie, the most beautiful travesti at the Park. Fittingly, she dates the world's most beautiful man.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Angie, the most beautiful travesti at the Park. Fittingly, she dates the world's most beautiful man.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: The Bright, who makes surprisingly intelligent remarks for a pre-schooler, [[spoiler:feeds María after she transforms into a bird]] and never [[spoiler: mixes up Encarna's pronouns when she needs to disguise herself as a male outside, due to harassment versus at home, where she dresses as a lady]].
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* PrecociousChild: The Bright, who makes surprisingly intelligent remarks for a pre-schooler, [[spoiler:feeds María after she transforms into a bird]] and never [[spoiler: mixes up Encarna's pronouns when she needs to disguise herself as a male outside, due to harassment versus at home, where she dresses as a lady]].
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* TwoferTokenMinority: María is a travesti and mute.
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** [[spoiler: The Headless Man who becomes Encarna's boyfriend, after being spurned by her]].
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** The Vultures, a duo of [[RichBitch rich bitches]] who only mingle with the group from the Park so they can: a) show off their material goods; b) have the courage of dressing like women in public and c) stealing clients, despite not actually needing their money.
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** The Vultures, Ravens, a duo of [[RichBitch rich bitches]] who only mingle with the group from the Park so they can: a) show off their material goods; b) have the courage of dressing like women in public and c) stealing clients, despite not actually needing their money.money.
* PrecociousChild: The Bright, who makes surprisingly intelligent remarks for a pre-schooler, [[spoiler:feeds María after she transforms into a bird]] and never [[spoiler: mixes up Encarna's pronouns when she needs to disguise herself as a male outside, due to harassment versus at home, where she dresses as a lady]].
* PrecociousChild: The Bright, who makes surprisingly intelligent remarks for a pre-schooler, [[spoiler:feeds María after she transforms into a bird]] and never [[spoiler: mixes up Encarna's pronouns when she needs to disguise herself as a male outside, due to harassment versus at home, where she dresses as a lady]].
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Las Malas (Bad Girls, in English) is a 2019 book by Argentine writer Camila Sosa Villada. It's often classified as a semi-autobiographical MagicalRealism book, being about the author's experience as a travesti in 2000s Argentina, snippets from her early life, plus her encounters with a group of travestis led by Aunt Encarna in the Sarmiento Park.
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Las Malas (Bad Girls, in English) is a 2019 book by Argentine writer Camila Sosa Villada. It's often classified as a semi-autobiographical MagicalRealism book, being about the author's experience as a travesti prostitute in 2000s Argentina, snippets from her early life, plus her encounters with a group of travestis led by Aunt Encarna in the Sarmiento Park.
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* TheNineties: Camilla's childhood happened during then.
* TheAughts: Most of the book happens between 2000 and 2004, roughly.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: It's mentioned that despite drinking like hell, abusing drugs and being cross-eyed, La Pato always looked good.
** Angie, even after getting into a fight with other travesti and being badly hurt. [[spoiler: Eventually averted when her AIDS progresses, making her look very much ill until her quick hospitalization and death]].
* BodyHorror: Lourdes' industrial silicone eventually runs through her body (as it is known for in RealLife), and ends up in her blood current (due to AIDS-related weakness).
* TheAughts: Most of the book happens between 2000 and 2004, roughly.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: It's mentioned that despite drinking like hell, abusing drugs and being cross-eyed, La Pato always looked good.
** Angie, even after getting into a fight with other travesti and being badly hurt. [[spoiler: Eventually averted when her AIDS progresses, making her look very much ill until her quick hospitalization and death]].
* BodyHorror: Lourdes' industrial silicone eventually runs through her body (as it is known for in RealLife), and ends up in her blood current (due to AIDS-related weakness).
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** The Vultures, a duo of [[RichBitch rich bitches]] who only mingle with the group from the Park so they can: a) show off their material goods; b) have the courage of dressing like women in public and c) stealing clients, despite not actually needing their money.
* TransTribulations: And how. From having to resort to sex work, facing abuse from clients and from other people, being kicked out by parents, to having their homes vandalized, everything is covered here.
* TransTribulations: And how. From having to resort to sex work, facing abuse from clients and from other people, being kicked out by parents, to having their homes vandalized, everything is covered here.
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** Auntie Encarna and Auntie Mara, although the first was a certified DramaQueen.
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** Auntie Encarna and Auntie Mara, although the first was a certified DramaQueen.DramaQueen.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: La Pato, or Patricia, who's constantly making mean remarks about Camila for no real reason other than hating herself and the world around her. Also for amusement.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Angie, the most beautiful travesti at the Park.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: La Pato, or Patricia, who's constantly making mean remarks about Camila for no real reason other than hating herself and the world around her. Also for amusement.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Angie, the most beautiful travesti at the Park.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Camila herself, but she manages to find help before the medications she took actually killed her.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Camila herself, but she manages to find help before the medications she took actually killed her.her.
** [[spoiler: Sandra, after her depression takes hold of her]].
** [[spoiler: Aunt Encarna and the Bright of The Eyes, after various transphobic attacks]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Camila qualified, as she wouldn't ever refuse to help a fellow travesti.
** So did Sandra, friend to a homeless woman.
** Natalí as well, who cried when listening to Julio Iglesias' song with her name in it.
** Auntie Encarna and Auntie Mara, although the first was a certified DramaQueen.
** [[spoiler: Sandra, after her depression takes hold of her]].
** [[spoiler: Aunt Encarna and the Bright of The Eyes, after various transphobic attacks]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Camila qualified, as she wouldn't ever refuse to help a fellow travesti.
** So did Sandra, friend to a homeless woman.
** Natalí as well, who cried when listening to Julio Iglesias' song with her name in it.
** Auntie Encarna and Auntie Mara, although the first was a certified DramaQueen.
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[[caption-width-right:350:You also have the possibility to be happy. Remember that.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:You also have the possibility to be happy. Remember that.]]
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!! Las Malas shows us these tropes:
* DrivenToSuicide: Camila herself, but she manages to find help before the medications she took actually killed her.
