New Releases by Elliot Page

The Roman Formula: The Technology of Persecution is a documentary and analytical investigation into how anti-cult persecution is launched and legalized in the modern world: from the first labels in the media to raids, arrests, and bans. The author collects stories that seem unrelated—terrorist attacks, police operations, campaigns against “sects,” “extremists,” and “foreign agents”—and reveals a recurring protocol that works like malicious code in the social system. At the heart of the book is a principle tentatively called the “Roman formula”: it is not the act itself that becomes a crime, but the name and membership of the group. To launch repression, there is no need to prove the action — it is enough to create an image of the “enemy of the human race” and then reinforce it in institutions. The text examines three stages of the technology in detail: Linguistic coding — dehumanizing definitions and “verbal templates” that disable empathy and turn people into a “threat.” Institutional discrimination — when propaganda language is presented as “expertise,” “analysis,” or “specialist conclusions,” and the law is adapted to fit a predetermined conclusion. Open persecution — when a prepared society no longer doubts and even applauds: “it is not people who are being destroyed, but the virus.” The book reveals the role of Alexander Dvorkin as one of the key ideologues of modern anti-cult rhetoric and infrastructure. Elliot Page shows how the terminology he introduced (in particular, the concept of a “totalitarian sect”) has become a universal tool for delegitimization: a convenient label that has no strict legal nature but works well in the media, expert reports, and courts. The book also traces Alexander Dvorkin's connections and influence at the international level—including his participation in the governing structures of the European Federation of Anti-Cult Organizations—and how this discourse “flows” between countries, changing its labels but retaining its mechanics. This is not a book “for” or “against” a particular faith, party, or movement. It is a practical map of how democracy is killed: who writes the dictionary of hate, how it turns into an administrative procedure, and why violence almost always begins not with a blow — but with a word.

Näyttelijänä omassa elämässään Valokeilan vankina on transnäyttelijä Elliot Pagen avoin ja rehellinen kuvaus elämästään konservatiivisessa Hollywoodissa Vuonna 2007 ensi-iltansa saanut Juno-elokuva teki Elliot Pagesta yhdessä yössä elokuvamaailman juhlitun tähden. Elokuvan tuoma Oscar-ehdokkuus olisi ollut kenelle tahansa nuorelle näyttelijälle unelmien täyttymys, mutta Pagelle se merkitsi myös ennennäkemättömien paineiden alkua: hänen piti julkisuudessa esittää nuoren naistähden roolia, vaikka sisimmässään hän ei sellaiseksi itseään tuntenut. Vuonna 2020, 33-vuotiaana, Page oli valmis tulemaan julkisuuteen transmiehenä. Kirjassaan Page kertoo matkastaan Kanadan Nova Scotiasta Hollywoodiin. Page kuvaa ristiriitaisten rooliensa aiheuttamaa traumaa ja sitä, millaista on kasvaa aikuiseksi elokuvakulissien keskellä. Hän kertoo myös kamppailustaan mielenterveyden kanssa, sukupuolensa vuoksi kokemastaan vihasta, hyväksikäytöstä ja Hollywoodin pakkomielteestä perinteiseen kaksijakoiseen käsitykseen sukupuolesta. Elliot Pagen omaelämäkerta Valokeilan vankina on voimakas tarina siitä, millaista on irrottautua muiden odotuksista ja aloittaa uusi elämä sellaisena kuin todella on.

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Korean edition of [Pageboy: A Memoir] by Elliot Page. #1 New York Times bestseller. Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, [Pageboy] is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative and lyrical debut, Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world. Korean edition translated by Song Seom Byeol.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2023" A TIME Magazine "100 Must-Read Books of 2023" A Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction" An Autostraddle "Best Queer Books of 2023" “Vivid...Moving...Juicy” – NPR "Eloquent and enthralling..." —Washington Post "Searing, deeply moving, and incredibly poignant... This isn’t simply a book on what it means to be trans, it’s about what it means to be human." —Alok Vaid-Menon Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative and lyrical debut, Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world. “Can I kiss you?” It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without the repression he’d carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps forward had always come with one step back. With Juno’s massive success, Elliot became one of the world’s most beloved actors. His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The career that had been an escape out of his reality and into a world of imagination was suddenly a nightmare. As he navigated criticism and abuse from some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his heels, and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed silent, unsure of what to do. Until enough was enough. The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his story in a groundbreaking and inspiring memoir about love, family, fame — and stepping into who we truly are with strength, joy and connection.