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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Sexism
A good quick history of gender across various cultures worldwide, and how they've come to be developed historically.
The experimental layout of the text, where the size of the text of a passage is scaled up or down in accordance to its importance, takes a bit of getting used to, but is a novel idea and the general scholarship of the book makes it a good comprehensive book you can get through in an afternoon.
The experimental layout of the text, where the size of the text of a passage is scaled up or down in accordance to its importance, takes a bit of getting used to, but is a novel idea and the general scholarship of the book makes it a good comprehensive book you can get through in an afternoon.
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
sometimes a little difficult to keep track of the ideas the authors are trying to express mainly due to format but overall increased my understanding of gender and it’s effect of society so it did what it was supposed to
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Good book on gender theory that is really easy to read, explains things clearly and has lots and lots of pictures.
Very educational, it shows well how complex gender is
If someone could have handed me this when I started my undergraduate, it would have saved me a lot of time both academically and personally. Now I knew everything that was covered in this book but considering I’m about to start a PhD on gender and sexuality it would be a tad concerning if I didn’t know this stuff. However, if you’re a nerd like myself it’s still worth a read for the following reasons:
1. It’s a great bouncing off point to find other texts on gender. Hines refenced a lot of great pieces of previous lit on the topic.
2. This book is gorgeous. Honestly it was the most athletically pleasing reading experience I’ve had in a while. I particularly love the timeline that folds out from the back.
3. It’s provides clear and accessible explanations and definitions. I find it easy to forget that not everyone knows this stuff, so I find it useful reading more introductory texts to remind me how to communicate the concepts I use.
4. The way Hines ties stuff together is a fairly useful way to think about how gender intersects with various other elements of our identities.
5. If you struggle to remain within word counts like me Hines provides an amazing example of how to be concise as she covers basically all that you could ask for and a little more in less than 144 pages.
If I had any minor issues with this book it would be that (this is me really nit picking):
1. A couple of times she refers to something impacting both “men and women”. Phrasing it this way reinforces the assumption that everyone falls into those two groups. Would have been preferable if she just said it impacts people.
2. There is very little said about masculinity. I know this is due to women being policed more than men but there is important ways that the views on masculinity impacts society, often negatively. Would have been helpful to see a little bit more on that.
3. P.Diddy wearing a kilt in Glasgow isn’t really a sign of changing gender views. Kilts are in no way seen as feminine in Glasgow although outside a Scottish context they may be. 😂
Overall this is a fantastic introductory text to the topic of gender and a nice read for folk revisiting the subject to. Will be top of my recommendations pile for a while I’m sure.
1. It’s a great bouncing off point to find other texts on gender. Hines refenced a lot of great pieces of previous lit on the topic.
2. This book is gorgeous. Honestly it was the most athletically pleasing reading experience I’ve had in a while. I particularly love the timeline that folds out from the back.
3. It’s provides clear and accessible explanations and definitions. I find it easy to forget that not everyone knows this stuff, so I find it useful reading more introductory texts to remind me how to communicate the concepts I use.
4. The way Hines ties stuff together is a fairly useful way to think about how gender intersects with various other elements of our identities.
5. If you struggle to remain within word counts like me Hines provides an amazing example of how to be concise as she covers basically all that you could ask for and a little more in less than 144 pages.
If I had any minor issues with this book it would be that (this is me really nit picking):
1. A couple of times she refers to something impacting both “men and women”. Phrasing it this way reinforces the assumption that everyone falls into those two groups. Would have been preferable if she just said it impacts people.
2. There is very little said about masculinity. I know this is due to women being policed more than men but there is important ways that the views on masculinity impacts society, often negatively. Would have been helpful to see a little bit more on that.
3. P.Diddy wearing a kilt in Glasgow isn’t really a sign of changing gender views. Kilts are in no way seen as feminine in Glasgow although outside a Scottish context they may be. 😂
Overall this is a fantastic introductory text to the topic of gender and a nice read for folk revisiting the subject to. Will be top of my recommendations pile for a while I’m sure.