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gotem's review against another edition
challenging
informative
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slow-paced
4.0
Solid academia book. So well referenced and so many insightful looks into individual stories. Author was extremely respectful and knowledgeable, handling topics that all converged with each other with varying levels of intensity and importance.
o_w_e_n's review
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4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Forced institutionalization
cataluna49's review against another edition
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5.0
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Minor: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Violence, Medical trauma, Outing, and War
mellillas's review against another edition
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blurrybug's review against another edition
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4.0
rlouis's review against another edition
5.0
Having recently read an older, and perhaps less kind book towards LGBTQ of past, on women in the navy, including those that transed in order to enlist (and some eventually marrying women - those of which are spoken about in this book). I was delighted to find this book!
Jen Manion's approach felt apt, there's only so much we can summarise from news clippings or other third person sources. As stated in the book. (And sometimes they're of course twisted to fit an agenda.) While the reasons for why these female husbands lived their lives as men will remain ambiguous without first hand accounts, it was still wonderful to read their stories.
Admittedly I'm not hugely familiar with trans history, or even LGBT history as a whole (part of my 2020 resolutions was to educate myself on my own history) but this was a real gem to read.
Jen Manion's approach felt apt, there's only so much we can summarise from news clippings or other third person sources. As stated in the book. (And sometimes they're of course twisted to fit an agenda.) While the reasons for why these female husbands lived their lives as men will remain ambiguous without first hand accounts, it was still wonderful to read their stories.
Admittedly I'm not hugely familiar with trans history, or even LGBT history as a whole (part of my 2020 resolutions was to educate myself on my own history) but this was a real gem to read.
tyrianrex's review against another edition
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4.0