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annaonthepage's review
3.0
This was a very comforting, homely read. The tone is conversational and direct, implicating the reader as a curious voyeur into lesbianism and 'how they *do it*', which she uses as a springboard for more personal anecdotes. Brantenberg checks in with you throughout, anticipating your reactions between 'moral' and 'science lectures' on how and why lesbians come to be, with generosity and humour. Inevitably, times and views have changed since its publication, but the weighty sentiments are still valid and worth articulating; the approach is from a generation whose struggles are older now, so some of the language is dated, and could be considered alienating - it refers quite directly to the experience of one marginalised group and it's interactions with its oppressors, so other marginalised groups don't really feature, though they are not actively dismissed. Some of the check-ins feel more odd than others, as the more detail you include on your audience, the more chance you have of being wrong, but the premise that develops is playful and funny, so I don't begrudge it. I really enjoyed this book. It made me feel warm and in good company.
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