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4.49 AVERAGE
4.49 AVERAGE
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Diverse cast of characters:
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Wow. So relatable. I, too, want a glorious, non-violent revolution. Also, happy pride month!
The faggots once called themselves the men who love men. But they discovered that they, did not love men, they loved only other men who loved men which was not that many of the men. The men who hate others were false and death-inflicting and obsessed with being strangers. The men who hate others hate the men who love men. And this hatred is so strong that it turns the men who love men into the faggots.
At another time the men began to get paranoid about the women who love women. There were so many of them and they kept attracting the women who men fuck. So the men began to issue more frequent pronouncements on the propriety and etiquette of the ownership of women. In a moment of panic, after Warren-And-His-Fuckpole's daughter announced that now she was a woman who loved women, the men declared all women who men fuck, state property, and all women who love women, outlaws. The women who love women did not notice that their lives changed much. They had always been out of the law and the men saying it once more did not make it any more true. But sometimes the men would become vicious beyond the ordinary because they could not stop women from loving women. At these times the women who love women would merge into the general strangeness of the city.
Since the women who love women look something like men sometimes and since the faggots look something like men sometimes and since the women who love women and the faggots were friends the men lost the women who love women among the faggots.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Alcohol
Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Lesbophobia
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Yes
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Through metaphor and fable, Mitchell relays gay history and offers insight that be used today in the current climate of hate and division.
If this had been written more like a history book, I think it would have fallen flat for me. The fable structure lends a timeless quality to the book while making the stories and insight more relatable and retainable.
If you’re looking for literature relevant to our current environment, this should be on your list.
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“Romantic love, the last illusion, keeps us alive until the revolutions come” (pg. 7)
“The men hoard power and use it brutally to demonstrate that they are the men.” (pg. 15)
“There is more to be learned from wearing a dress for a day, than there is from wearing a suit for a lifetime.” (pg. 19)
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A fascinating historical document (which should not be taken as gospel for the modern age - a couple of pages were VERY outdated) with wonderful illustrations and left me with warm fuzzy gay feelings.