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The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader by Joan Nestle

quinn24's review

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I would love to get my hands on a physical copy of this. While I don’t agree with everything in here, it was all very interesting and I felt very seen by some of it. 

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pasupapare's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

happy to know
there's room in this world
for a bear that like palm trees
and a bird that likes honey
- Jewellery L. Gomez

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loveandpop's review

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

lj00's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

gayfrogg143's review

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4.5

slayed ofc. that fucking black slip!!!!! does every femme get theirs in the mail i do not understand (mine is pink). love reading about myself and the dykes who get it. with every 90s butch/femme book i read the more insufferable i become 🩷

baekchen's review

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more pausing this than dnfing

asunnybooknook's review against another edition

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5.0

this book is an IV drip of life for me I have never felt more seen uplifted euphoric full of lesbian pride knowledge history and culture than while and after reading this like THE DESIRE LITERALLY PERSISTS......!

corpsesoldier's review against another edition

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5.0

Wish I had a physical copy so I could go through and highlight all the thought-provoking, gut-punching, affirming passages.

cowboyjonah's review against another edition

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4.0

Some contributions are definitely better than others, but this was a delightful lesbian book, I love lesbians <3

delfireads's review against another edition

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5.0

girl this is my BIBLEEEEEEE. when i tell you every page had me hollering and clapping and cheering and crying!!! so grateful for these talented authors that collected years of anecdotes, writings, photographs, etc. that compile lesbian thought, life experiences, poetry, and story-telling. i’ve never felt so seen and understand than when i read the thoughts and experiences of butches and it overall made me so much more confident in finally understanding my own identity <3