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Inverse Cowgirl: A Memoir by Alicia Roth Weigel

4 reviews

amina_writes_books's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.25

the writing style is very informal and nothing to write home about in this book. Loved the delivery of educational content to those who have not familiarized themselves with the intersex plight. As a person of color the author was a bit too on the nose about her white privilege (announcing it one time is enough) and the delivery still seemed whitewashed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Abortion

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Chronic illness

bellevue's review

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Rape, Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Infertility, and Drug use

Minor: Abortion

lettuce_read's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Transphobia, and Infertility

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, and Rape

Minor: Bullying

mothreadsbookssometimes's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Inverse Cowgirl is a must-read memoir for LGBTQIA+ (especially the “I”) folks and allies. Inverse Cowgirl is Weigel’s memoir of being an activist around the world, coming out as intersex, and working in the Texas political world. Weigel writes about travel, spirituality, mental health, politics, and a thousand other things, and she masterfully ties being intersex into every anecdote (it’s not a bad thing, I promise).

The first half of the book was thoroughly interesting. Weigel brilliantly combines her personal experiences with scientific facts and psycho-sociological observations about society’s view of intersex people (and of minorities in general). Weigel’s anecdotes vary so broadly in topics: bullying in adolescence, studying abroad in Brazil, working in politics, and coming out as intersex. 

Weigel does an excellent job at raising the voices of minorities throughout the book, always crediting the people who helped her while she was both struggling and succeeding. 

Also, Inverse Cowgirl covers the topic of trauma in a fantastic way. It is not necessarily a book about trauma, but trauma is interwoven into the major experiences of Weigel’s life (that she writes about, at least). They write optimistically, acknowledging that these traumatic events and feelings happened and shaped her life, but never going into extreme detail.

My one complaint is that in the final few chapters, the story started to drag and I found it more challenging to stay engaged with the book. I appreciated the chapter for being an overview of where Weigel’s life is now, but there were several sections that I felt could have been dispersed throughout the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Infertility, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Addiction, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders