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tatiana_luz's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A Really great primer on the history and definitions surrounding gender. It took time to analyze how toxic masculinity and the patriarchy hurts every gender, males included. Barker also goes into detail explaining how sex cannot be so easily defined either. It goes on to define what nonbinary means along with the spectrum of gender non-conformity.
A lot of names and books were mentioned, which initially felt a little off-putting, but seeing the sources listed at the end was incredibly helpful and I made some notes of it for future reference. This author also has Queer Graphic History and Sexuality, a Graphic Guide that I plan to borrow from other libraries.
A lot of names and books were mentioned, which initially felt a little off-putting, but seeing the sources listed at the end was incredibly helpful and I made some notes of it for future reference. This author also has Queer Graphic History and Sexuality, a Graphic Guide that I plan to borrow from other libraries.
apologiesforeverything's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
lauralauralaura's review against another edition
5.0
This just does a really good job explaining concepts and history using inclusive, accessible language.
noelle7pages's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
1000/5 stars, I've read it twice in the last 3 months already
isering's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent primer, covers lots of ground and refers to a bunch of other books as well.
sanamun's review against another edition
4.0
First of all, I would like to express how mich I love the graphic guides series in general. They're heavily illustrated introductory texts about a wide range of broadly academic topics (in the past I've read ones about Queer Theory, Critical Theory, and Anthropology) are so lovely and fun and serve to make knowledge so much more accessible to people.
This specific book didn't do a whole lot that was *new* to me, in terms of content (it gave me about 10 other books to read from the references tho), but that wasn't the point, really. Its not for people who have already studied gender through a sociological, psychological, or cultural lense. As an introductory text for the general public, though, its clear and engaging and potentially very useful and brings me great joy.
This specific book didn't do a whole lot that was *new* to me, in terms of content (it gave me about 10 other books to read from the references tho), but that wasn't the point, really. Its not for people who have already studied gender through a sociological, psychological, or cultural lense. As an introductory text for the general public, though, its clear and engaging and potentially very useful and brings me great joy.
invisibleninjacat's review against another edition
4.0
Rather than a graphic novel, this reads more like a heavily illustrated literature review on the topic "what is gender?" It's also one of those books that makes you feel like you've got a firm grasp of the general topic, but also gives you a glimpse of the rest of the iceberg, so you feel like you know even less than what you started with, because now you know how much you DON'T know. Overall, a very good, though broad, intro to the gender topic.
bizlet's review against another edition
4.0
The beginning of this guide was a tad rocky and it took me a bit to understand the approach of information the authors were going to take, but once things clicked I found this guide pretty well written.
I think the format of partial text and partial comics was really effective, I have no idea how this would read to someone who wasn't nonbinary or trans or hadn't worked with their gender before. For me, it was a nice read and brought up some points I hadn't been considering before now.
I think the format of partial text and partial comics was really effective, I have no idea how this would read to someone who wasn't nonbinary or trans or hadn't worked with their gender before. For me, it was a nice read and brought up some points I hadn't been considering before now.