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Género Queer: una autobiografía by Maia Kobabe

227 reviews

paulus_on_the_rocks's review against another edition

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reflective fast-paced

1.5

Oh, surprise, une autobiographie de plus réalisée par une personne appartenant à l’alphabet mafia qui ne s’inscrit absolument pas dans une perspective intersectionnelle ! Quel plaisir !

Pour ne pas finir fâché, j’ai trouvé que la représentation la plus intéressante (car peu fréquente) était le rapport extrêmement compliqué du MC vis-à-vis de ses rdv « obligatoires » chez lae gynéco. Mais là encore on reste en surface.

Est-ce que je le conseille ? Pour un.e ado, peut-être. Sinon pitié non. 

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bratlingling's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.25

Beautiful and reflective graphic novel about the author's coming out story and relationship with gender. I could relate a lot but also got many new perspectives and I love media that makes us more empathetic. Also beautiful art style. And loved the fandom-references, they were very relatable (unfortunately)

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0


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dominic_t's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

The art in this book was really nice. The memoir was engaging, and I really relate to some of Maia's gender feelings.

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zackarinareads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.75

This is so cool and I feel seen in so many parts.

I'm glad I got to read it as research for my term paper on book bans in the US.

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mxpringle's review against another edition

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informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0


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pandabearshape's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0


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glitterdeww's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Whenever I hear of a widespread "banned book," I always know those banning it are doing it out of fear. And so often when the ignorant fear something, you know it is worth your time. Because what they are afraid of most... Is growth. 

This memoir is 100% worth your time. 

Maia Kobabe's coming of age journey, beautifully illustrated in this graphic memoir, is full of discovery, acceptance, and love. E is a nonbinary human, figuring eirself out through a world where the very vocabulary for eir identity is still being forged in real time. This book includes a brave vulnerability for which Maia should be proud. If you have or love children, this is an incredibly valuable discussion about growing up. 

I was actually surprised with how light it was... How hopeful and humorous each topic was touched upon. Of course the people that want to ban this book perpetuate narratives and hide behind grossly misconstrued lines. Because the real reason they want to ban books is to stifle growth. They are so afraid of that. And in comparison to Maia's bravery, they are so damned small. 

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thesesusspace's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book hit too close to home in a good way, as someone who identifies as a trans-masc non-binary person it was nice to read some of the same experiences I had/have (especially with coming out and correcting people on pronouns), it's a nice reminder that I'm not totally alone in having these experiences. 

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annaofjesup's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

3.0


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